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contracts.
4. If any person shall, by obeying any order made Effect of under sub-section (1) of section 3, be prevented from order on fulfilling any contract, such person shall not be deemed prior to have thereby committed a breach of contract, but such contract shall be deemed to be cancelled by such order so far as its fulfilment is thereby rendered impossible.
5. The total proceeds of all sales of rice for consump- Prohibition tion in the Colony shall not recoup to the Government of profit by
Government more than the total cost of purchasing the same together on total pro- with the expenses incidental to such purchase and sale. ceeds of sales
of rice.
6. No person shall take or cause or permit to be Prohibition taken out of the Northern District of the New Territories against any rice hulled or unhulled or in any form whatsoever rice from export of without the permission in writing of the District Officer. Northern
District.
fix retail
7. The Governor may, by proclamation, prescribe the Power to price for which any particular quality of rice may be Governor to sold by retail in any particular district of the Colony, price of rice and any person who after such proclamation, and until and prohibi- it shall have been revoked, shall sell any such quality tion of sale of rice at a price other than the price so prescribed except at
such price. shall be deemed guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
dard Govern-
8. The qualities of rice for which a price is fixed in Determina- any particular district of the Colony shall be determined tion of stan- by persons to be appointed for the purpose by the ment quali- Governor. Samples of the qualities so determined shall ties of rice. 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.
rice of
9. Any person who sells rice purporting to be of one Prohibition of the standard Government qualities which differs from of solling such quality to the prejudice of the purchaser shall be inferior guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
quality.
10. Any person who sells any rice supplied by the Prohibition Government except under licence issued by an Officer on sale of
Government appointed by the Governor for that purpose shall be rice. guilty of an offence against this Ordinance,
11. No person who is authorised to sell rice supplied Prohibition by the Government shall mix one standard Government against quality of such rice with any other standard Govern- mixing rice ment quality of such rice or with any rice not supplied by the Government or with any foreign substance.
with other
qualities or with foreign substance.
Power of
12. Any person authorised by the Governor in writing in that behalf may enter upon and into any land, house, entry and or other building in the Colony, for the purpose inspection of and taking inspecting the stock of rice therein, and of taking samples. 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 Penalty. 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 of not less than $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. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for the registration and supervision of persons dealing in rice supplied by the Government.
Power to make regulations.