400 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919.
Determina- tion of stan-
ment quali- ties of rice.
may be sold by retail in any particular district of the Colony, and any person who in breach of any such Proclamation shall sell any such standard Government quality of rice at a price other than the price so pre- scribed or shall sell any such other quality of rice at a price higher than the maximum price so prescribed shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
8. The qualities of rice for which a price is fixed in any particular district of the Colony shall be determined dard Govern- by persons to be appointed for the purpose by the Governor. Samples of the qualities so determined shall be kept at all Police Stations and shall be open to in- spection. Such samples shall conform to sealed samples kept in the offices of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and the District Officer, and such sealed sam- ples shall be known as standard Government qualities.
Prohibition
of selling rice of
inferior
quality.
Prohibition
on sale of
9. Any person who sells rice purporting to be of one of the standard Government qualities which differs from such quality to the prejudice of the purchaser shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
10. Any person who sells say rice supplied by the Government except under licence issued by an Officer Government appointed by the Governor for that purpose shall be
guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
rice.
Prohibition against mixing rice
with other qualities or with foreign
substance.
Power of entry and inspection and taking samples.
Penalty.
Saving of other .powers.
nance or part thereof.
11. No person who is authorised to sell rice supplied by the Government shall mix one standard Government quality of such rice with any other standard Govern- ment quality of such rice or with any rice not supplied by the Government or with any foreign substance.
12. Any person authorised by the Governor in writing in that behalf may enter upon and into any land, house, or other building in the Colony, for the purpose of inspecting the stock of rice therein, and of taking samples thereof, and, in case of opposition or obstruc- tion, may use force to effect such entry and inspection. and shall not be liable for any damage directly or in- directly occasioned by such forcible entry.
13. Every person who is guilty of an offence against this Ordinance or of a breach of any of the provisions thereof or of any of the regulations made thereunder shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceed- ing 6 months and any rice in connection with which any such offence has been committed shall be forfeited.
14. Any power conferred by this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any powers possessed by the Governor of this Colony either under the Order in Council of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria dated the 26th day of October, 1896, as amended by the Order in Council of His Majesty King George V dated the 21st day of March, 1916, or under any other instru- ment or writing.
15. In view of this Ordinance being an emergency Power to suspend or measure it shall be lawful for the Legislative Council at revive opera- any time after the commencement of this Ordinance, and tion of Ordi- from time to time and so often as occasion may require, to pass a Resolution suspending the operation of this Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof either for a definite period or until the Legislative Council shall make a further resolution reviving the operation of the said Ordinance or of any section or sections thereof.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th day of September, 1919.
J. A. E. BULLOCK, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, the 19th day of September, 1919.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Colonial Secretary.