C.S.O. 3858/21.
1084
[No. 32-27.11.29.—8.]
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 2.
Amendment
of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 3.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to
intoxicating liquors.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Section 2 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, is
amended as follows :-
(a) by the substitution in paragraph (8) of the words a Government Analyst for the words "the Government Analyst ".
(b) by the repeal of paragraph (11) ;
(e) by the repeal in paragraph (13) of the words “Iu the case of Chinese wines and spirits, seven and a half catties shall be deemed to be the equiva- lent of the imperial gallon ";
(d) by the insertion immediately after paragraph
(20) of the following paragraph :
(20A) “Person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprison- ment, includes a body corporate and a firm.
(e) by the insertion in paragraph (29) immediately after the word "Exports". of the words "and any Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports".
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended as follows:-
(a) by the repeal of sub-section (1) and the substitu-
tion of the following sub-section therefor :-
(1) No person shall except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Ordinance-
"}
(a) make, distil, or rectify any spirits ; or (b) knowingly keep or have in his posses- sion any still or other utensil or apparatus suitable for making distil- ling or rectifying spirits; or
(c) without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession, custody, or control any fermenting or fermented
material.
(b) by the substitution of the word "Superinten- dent for the words, "Captain Superintendent of Police" in the first line of sub-section (2).
Page 5Page 6