Certificate
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(2.) Upon the making of any such order of forfeiture the said goods shall be deemed to be the property of the Crown free from all rights of any person: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council, in his absolute dis- cretion, to entertain and give effect to any moral claim to or in respect of the said goods.
(3.) In any proceeding for the forfeiture of any goods so seized as aforesaid the place of origin of such goods shall be deemed to be in territory which is or is treated as enemy country unless the contrary is proved.
3. In any proceeding in respect of or involving any matter, civil or criminal, arising under this Ordinance or under the Principal Ordinance, any certificate produced from official custody and purporting to be signed by any prima facie British customs or cousular officer shall be primâ fucie
customs or consular officer to be
evidence.
evidence of the truth of the matters stated therein.
Objects and Reasons,
The object of this Bill is to introduce certain provisious, of the Customs (War Powers) Act, 1915, with regard to the seizure and forfeiture of goods of enemy origin.
It is also provided that in any proceedings involving any question under the proposed Ordinance or under the Prin- cipal Ordinance any certificate of a British customs or consular officer shall be primâ facie evidence of the truth of the matters stated therein.
NOTICES.
J. H. KEMP,
Attorney General.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 137.--Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Tientsin.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port,
Netherlands
India.
Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :-(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal. (2) rags. (Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of new paper, are not considered as rags.)
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
24th April, 1914.
14th May, 1915.
25th June, 1915.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
No. S. 122.
No. S. 112.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.