18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 17. s. 2 (3).

Fourta Schedule.

Regulations.

First Schedule.

Fees.

Third Schedule.

(k) Light oils

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means hydrocarbon oils of which not less than fifty per cent. by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding one hundred and eighty-five degrees centi- grade, or of which not less than ninety-five per cent. by Volume distils at a temperature not exceeding two hundred and forty degrees centigrade, or which give off an inflam- mable vapour at a temperature of less than 22-8 degrees centigrade which tested in the manner prescribed by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise of the United King- dom and includes the oils specified in the Fourth Schedule;

(1) "Manufacture" includes every kind of preparation, mixing and treatment, except packing and unpacking;

(m) Master includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;

(11) Person", except so far as relates to the imposi- tion of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body cor- perate and a firm;

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(o) "Police station includes the offices of the Super- intendent;

(p) "Railway

Railway " means the Kowloon Canton Railway, British Section;

(g) Ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation or for the carriage of goods;

() Superintendent means the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and any Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

3. (1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for any of the following purposes :-

(a) the restriction, regulation, and control of the im- portation, exportation, manufacture, sale and possession of heavy or light oils;

(b) the time and mode of collection of the duty on heavy or light oils and the granting of drawback on exported heavy or light oils;

(c) the licensing, regulation and control of general bonded warehouses and licensed warehouses and the control of the dutiable heavy or light oils stored therein;

(d) the imposing of conditions to be observed. by ap- plicants for licences and permits and by the holders of licences and permits;

(e) the implementing of any International Agreement for the reciprocal exemption of aircraft from duties on oils and in air traffic;

(f) generally for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) Subject to the exercise of the above powers, the regulations contained in the First Schedule shall be in force from the commencement of this Ordinance and shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance.

4(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to prescribe the fees, if any, to be paid for licences and permits.

(2) Subject to the exercise of the above power, the fees specified in the Third Schedule shall be in force from the commencement of this Ordinance.

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