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27. Paragraph (17) of section 16 of the Public Health Amendment and Buildings Ordinance, 1903, as amended by section 4 of Ordinance of the Public Health and Buildings Amendment Ordinance, No. 1 of 1928, is further amended by the insertion of the words
1903, "and the prescribing of the fees to be paid in respect of
s. 16 (17). eating-house licences," immediately after the words
66 and eating-houses".
Objects and Reasons.
1. This Ordinauce makes certain amendments in the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, which experience has shown to be advisable.
2. Section 2 of this Ordinance amends section 2 of the principal Ordinance as follows :—
(a) In paragraph (8) "the Government Analyst" is altered to "a Government Analyst because there are more analysts than one in the service of the Goverument, one of them being attached to the Imports and Exports Department: see also sections 18 and 19 of this Ordinance.
(b) Paragraph (11) is repealed because eating-house licences are now issued by the Head of the Sanitary Department in accordance with Noti- fication No. 600 of the 21st October, 1927: see also sections 8, 25, 26 and 28 of this Ordinance. (c) Paragraph (13) of section 2 of the principal Ordinance provides inter alia that in the case of Chinese spirits 7 catties are to be treated as equivalent to one imperial gallon. This provi- sion is repealed for two reasons. One is that there is no standard catty. The other is that the volume of a catty's weight of spirit increases as the alcoholic strength increases. The result, therefore, of the provision now to be repealed is that the stronger a spirit is the lower is the duty which is paid on it.
(d) The new paragraph (20A) defines "Person” in the same language as in the Tobacco Ordinance, 1916.
(e) Paragraph (29) is amended so as to give an Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports the same power and rights as the Superintendent.
3. Section 3 of this Ordinance adds to section 3 (1) of the principal Ordinance the additional offence of possession by an unlicensed person of any fermenting or fermented material without lawful authority or excuse. The other amendment effected by section 3 is in conformity with Government Notification No. 159 of the 18th March, 1927, which, inter alia, substituted the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for the Captain Superintendent of Police as the licensing authority in the case of distillery licences.
4. Section 4 of this Ordinance substitutes the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports for the Captain Superin- tendent of Police as the licensing authority under section 4 of the principal Ordinance, which provides for the licensing of stills for medical or scientific purposes.
5. Section 5 of this Ordinance amends section 30 (1) of the principal Ordinance in conformity with Notification No. 159 of the 18th March, 1927, which, inter alia, substituted the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for the Treasurer in the case of dealer's licences. Section
6 of this Ordinance amends section 32 of the principal Ordinance in conformity with the same Notification.