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5. Section 2 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Amendment 1923, is amended by the insertion of the words :-
15 and 16
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of Ordinance No. 22 of
or in accordance with the provisions of the 1923, Geo. 5, c. 74, International Convention signed at Geneva s. 2 (2).
on the 19th day of February, 1925, herein- after called the Geneva Convention",
B. 6.
immediately after the figures "1912" in the eighth line thereof.
6. Section 3 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, Amendment is repealed and the following section is substituted there- of Ordinance
for :-
on dealings in dangerous drugs (and coca leaves).
No. 22 of 1923,
Restrictions 3.-(1) Except under and in accordance §. 3.
with a licence granted under this Ordinance, no person shall, whether on his own behalf or On behalf of any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, buy, sell, supply, procure, or offer to supply or procure, from, to or for any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, or in any way deal in or with, or offer to deal in, or pretend to deal in, or have in his possession, or import or export, or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing or exporting, any drug to which this Ordi- nance applies, whether such drug be in the Colony or elsewhere, and whether it be ascertained or appropriated or in existence or not, and whether it is intended that it should be imported into the Colony or not.
(2) Subject to the obtaining of a licence under sub-section (1) before importation, any drug to which this Ordinance applies which is imported by water from a place from which such drug may by the law of that place legally be exported, under a through bill of lading for any place into which such drug may by the law of that place legally be imported, may be imported into the Colony by water and may be exported to such place by water provided that the following conditions are complied with:-
(a) The ship on which the drug is imported shall upon entering the waters of the Colony proceed direct and forthwith to the harbour of Victoria and shall forth- with enter such harbour.
(b) Full particulars as to the description, weight, consignors, consignees and destination of the drug, and as to the marks and numbers of the cases in which it is contained, shall appear in the manifest of the said ship.
(e) The presence of the drug on board the said ship shall be reported in writing to the Superintendent by the master of the ship within four hours after the arrival of the ship in the harbour of Victoria : provided that if the office of the Super- intendent is not open for the four hours immediately after the arrival of the ship in the harbour of Victoria the report required by this paragraph may be made to the inspector on duty at the Central Police Station.
(d) The drug shall not be :-
(i) removed from the ship on which
it was imported, or
(i) in any way moved in the Colony after removal from such ship, or (iii) exported,
except under, and in accordance with, a removal or export licence issued by the Superintendent.