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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MAY, 1887.
Register to be kept by licensees.
Penalties.
Permits for landing of chests of Opium.
Movement and export of chests of Opium.
Removal and transhipment of Opium.
Steamers arriving out of Office hours.
Permit to be obtained afterwards.
Penalty.
Forfeiture.
Register to be kept by importer.
7. It shall be the duty of the Licensees to keep a Register of the particulars of purchase and sale in such form as the Governor may from time to time order.
8. Any person offending against the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 6 shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and the for- feiture of the Opium or in default imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months, or the Magistrate may order a period of imprisonment with or without hard labour in lieu of a portion of the fine, pro- vided the whole imprisonment do not exceed six months; and notwithstanding the penalty for the breach of condi- tious to which licensees are subject, it shall be lawful for a Magistrate to impose on a Licensee a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for a breach of any such conditions in case it may not be deemed advisable to proceed for the full penalty under the licensee's bond.
9. Every person importing into the Colony any Opium shall forthwith report the same to an Officer to be appointed by the Governor to be named the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, hereinafter called the Superintendent, giving the number of chests, and shall, before landing such Opium or any part thereof, send or cause to be sent to such Superintendent a requisition in the form of Schedule A giving the particulars therein required, whereupon the Superintendent shall furnish a permit in the form of Schedule B authorising the Opium to be landed and stored, and such permit shall be exhibited to the Opium Farmer or his Agent and shall be signed by him or his Agent and shall not be used or acted upon until it is so signed.
10. Every person moving Opium for exportation in chests shall, before doing so, send to the Superintendent a requisition in form of Schedule Cfurnishing the particulars therein required, whereupon the Superintendent shall grant an export permit in the form of Schedule D authorising the said Opium to be exported. The owner or shipper shall cause such permit to be exhibited to the Opium Farmer or his Agent, and such permit shall be signed by him or his Agent, and shall not be used or acted upon nutil it is so *signed.
11. Every person moving a chest or chests of Opium from one place to another within the Colony or transhipping such chest or chests within the waters thereof shall before doing so, furnish to the Superintendent a requisition pro- perly filled up in the form of Schedule E, whereupon the Superintendent shall furnish a permit in the form of Schedule F authorising the transhipment or removal of the said Opium, which permit shall be exhibited to the Opium Farmer or his Agent, and shall be signed by him or his agent, and shall not be used or acted upon until it has been so signed.
12. In the event of the arrival at or departure from the Colony of any steamer carrying Opium when the Superin- tendent's Office is closed or may be closed before application for a permit can be made, it shall be lawful for the Agent of such steamer to land or ship any Opium without a permit, and to deliver any Opium so landed to the owner or con- signees thereof, or to keep the same in his own custody, but so soon thereafter as the Superintendent's Office is opened the said Agent shall apply for the necessary permit, and furnish the particulars requisite..
13. Any person offending against or not complying with any of the provisions of sections 9, 10, 11, 12 shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and any Opium imported or exported or stored or moved or attempted to be imported or exported or stored or moved contrary to the provisions of the foregoing sec- tions shall be seized and may be forfeited.
14. Every importer of Opium shall keep a Register shewing the number of chests imported by him and how and to whom it was disposed of. Marks and Government numbers in the case of the Bengal drug shall be given, and such other marks or numbers in the case of other sorts of Opium as the Superintendent may require to be placed upon it.
Every offence for non-compliance with the requirements of this section shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.