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2. The object of clause 3 of the Bill is to enact special provisions for the prohibition of heroin divans, storage places and factories and for the responsibility of landlords of premises in respect thereof on lines similar to the provisions enacted with respect to houses of ill fame by section 3 of Ordinance No. 25 of 1936 and with respect to opium divans by section 15 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1932, as amended by Ordinance No. 7 of 1934.
3. Paragraph (1) (a) of the new section 21A inserted by clause 3 of this Bill in the principal Ordinance further makes it an offence to possess a pipe fit for heroin-smoking with intent that it shall be so used, and in such a case throws the burden of disproving such intent upon the defendant. Heroin pipes are of special manufacture and distinctive design, "resembling opium pipes but easily distinguishable from them.
4. The presumptions raised by paragraphs (e) and (f) of the same new section 21A relating to the finding of two or more heroin pipes and persons found in or escaping from heroin divans are based on provisions of a similar nature in section 16 of Ordinance No. 7 of 1932.
5. Sub-section (4) of new section 21A authorizes any constable to enter premises in respect of which a magistrate has made an order under that sub-section and give possession of the same to the landlord or his agent.
6. Sub-section (5) of new section 21A imposes an additional penalty of 12 months' imprisonment on summary conviction in case of a second or subsequent offence against the provisions of this section or of section 10.
7. The object of new section 21A is to secure at least as great a measure of control over the evil of heroin divans as exists in the case of opium divans.
8. New section 21B reproduces the provisions of section 34 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932 (No. 7 of 1932), relating to the secrecy of information and protection of informers.
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J. A. FRASER,
Attorney General
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