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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 10, 1931.
Hong Kong.
No. 429.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 95 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, on the 9th day of July, 1931.
The regulations set forth in Government Notification No. 547 published in the Gazette of the 5th September, 1930, under the heading "Import, export and landing regulations" are hereby amended as follows:-
(1) by the insertion, next after regulation 13, of the following regulations,—
13A. The export of dutiable liquor in vessels of less than 100 tons net register tonnage, or 2,000 piculs capacity in the case of junks, is hereby prohibited, except with the special permission of the Superintendent.
13B. No dutiable liquor intended to be exported shall be removed except by such harbour vessels as shall have been specially licensed by the Superintendent for the purpose: Provided that vessels owned by or under the control of the licensee of a general bonded warehouse shall be deemed to be so licensed.
13C. Every application for a removal permit for export shall state the number of the licensed harbour vessel or the name of the licensee of the general bonded warehouse by which or by whom the dutiable liquor is to be removed. A removal permit shall be valid only for the licensed vessel mentioned, for the liquor described in such permit, and while such liquor is being removed by the Applicant or his employees.
13D. Before any removal permit is granted for the export of any dutiable liquor on which the duty would exceed $100 the applicant shall either deposit with the Superintendent the amount assessed by him or give other security or enter into a bond, to the satisfaction of the Superin- tendent, for the production to the Superintendent, within a reasonable time, of a certificate issued by the Authorities at the port of destina- tion certifying that the liquor has been duly landed. A bond or security as aforesaid may be either general or in respect of a particular consignment.
(2) by the addition of the following regulations,——
19. Before any permit is issued for removal of any dutiable liquor to a ship about to put to sea, for use as ship's stores, the exporter shall enter into a personal bond, in a sum assessed by the Superintendent, to produce to the Superintendent the receipt mentioned in section 49 (2) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911.
20. The receipt of dutiable liquor as ship's stores shall be duly entered in the ship's export statement furnished to the Superintendent under section 52 of the said Ordinance.
21. Every application for the export of dutiable liquor as ship's stores shall be accompanied by a declaration by the master or purser of the ship in the form given hereunder.