THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 6, 1914.
29. No person except the Superintendent or a person Limitation licensed by him ander section 20 shall have in his
of quantity posses- sion more than 5 taels of opium other than raw opium (other than
of opium
without the permission in writing of the Superintendent.
raw opium) allowed in possession of private person,
30. No person shall open, keep, or use any opinm Opium divan.
divans prohibited.
divan
31. A person found in any opium divan or found es- Person found caping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered in opium under this Ordinance shall be presumed, until the contrary presumed to is proved, to be or to have been smoking prepared opium have been or dross opium therein.
smoking therein.
Pence may
32. Whenever, it appears to any Justice of the Peace Justice of upon the oath of any person that there is reasonable cause issue to believe that any place is an opium divan, such Justice warrant to of the Peace may by his warrant directed to any revenue enter opium or police officer empower such officer by day or by night to divan. enter and if necessary to break into such place and to arrest any persons and to seize any prepared opium or dross opium and implements for the smoking of prepared opium or dross opium as may be found therein, all of which shall be and are hereby declared to be forfeited.
33 No person shall export or cause to be exported any Export of prepared opium or dross opium from the Colony unless he prepared or dress opium shall have first obtained the permission in writing of the illegal Superintendent who may require such particulars of des- without tination, mode of despatch or otherwise as he may deem Superin- necessary.
Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger from Hongkong to any country or place not within the Colony of a quantity of prepared opium or dross opinm, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding 5 mace for every day of duration of the voyage.
tendent's permit.
for
export of
34. The Superintendent shall not issue any permit for No pe mit the export of prepared opium or dross opium from the to be issued Colony to China, French Indo-China, or to auy country prepared or which prohibits the import of prepared opium or dross dross opium opium and it shall be unlawful for any person to export or to prohibi- cause to be exported any prepared opium or dross opium to tion China or French Indo-China or to any country which countries. prohibits the import of prepared opium or dross opium.
Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger by steamer from Hongkong to China or French Indo-China or to any such country as aforesaid of a quantity of prepared opium or dross opium, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding mace for every day of the voyage.
Provided also that the names of all comtries which prohibit the import of prepared opinm or dross opium shall be notified in the Gazette.
PART III.
GENERAL.
Appointment and duties of revenue and police officers. 35.-(1.) The Governor may appoint an officer to be Superin- called the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and such number of Assistant Superintendents as he may think fit.
tendent and
Assistant Superin- tendents: appoint-
ment of.
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