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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1929.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The Registration of Imports and Exports Ordinance, 1922.
No. 664.-It is hereby notified for general information that the making of the following regulations, in substitution for the regulations contained in the Schedule to the above Ordinance, is now under consideration by the Governor in Council.
19th December, 1929.
Proposed Regulations.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
1. In these regulations :
(1) "Person" includes a body corporate and a firm.
(2) "Ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation and all
aircraft.
(3) "Shipowner" or "owner of a ship" includes the agents and charterers of
a ship.
(4) "Transhipment cargo" means cargo which remains, during all the time that it is in the Colony, under the control of the shipowner in his capa- city as such, whether on a through bill of lading or otherwise.
(5) "Transit cargo" means cargo passing through the waters of the Colony
without transhipment.
2. Nothing in these regulations shall apply to the following:-
(a) Transit cargo and transhipment cargo.
(b) Articles imported or exported by the Colonial Government or the Naval
or Military Authorities or the Royal Air Force.
(e) Ship's Stores.
(d) Personal baggage, within the limits of weight carried free under passage ticket and comprising only articles and goods for personal use or con- sumption.
(e) Articles imported or exported by means of the Post Office.
(f) Travellers' samples, if not for sale.
(9) Articles imported from or exported to such particular place or places as
shall be notified from time to time by the Superintendent.
3. Every person who imports any article by sea, land, or air shall within seven days after taking delivery of such article furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and complete import declaration relating to such article in form No. 1 in the Appendix, or in such Chinese translation thereof as may be approved by the Superintendent.
4. Every person who exports any article by sea, land or air shall within seven days after exportation furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and complete export declaration relating to such article in form No. 2 in the Appendix, or in such Chinese translation thereof as may be approved by the Superintendent.
5. The owner and master of every ship which arrives within the waters of the Colony shall within 48 hours of the arrival of the ship furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and complete import manifest containing a statement of all articles imported by such ship with the following particulars of each article:-
(a) Number and description of packages.
(b) Distinguishing marks or numbers.
(e) Description of goods.
(d) Consignor.
(e) Consignee's name and address.