THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 1882. 121
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 49.
The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held this day, are published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 7th February, 1882.
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A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof entitled The Excise Ordinances (Opium) amendment Ordinance 1882.
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong with
follows:-
I. For Section 8 of Ordinance 2 of 1853 as amended by Ordinance 7 of 1879 the following Section is hereby sub- stituted:-
8. No person shall bring into this Colony or the waters thereof or have in his possession or custody within the *same any boiled or prepared Opium without having a valid
• certificate under Section 7 of Ordinance 2 of 1858 as amended by Section 5 of Ordinance 7 of 1879. The fore- going portion of this Section shall not apply to boiled or prepared Opium in transit and for which a permit has been obtained from the Opium Farmer for the time being as hereinafter provided ':-
(1) The master of every vessel arriving within the wa- ters of the Colony having on board thereof any quantity of boiled or prepared Opium in transit for any port or place beyond the limits of this Colony shall immediately upon the arrival thercof furnish the Harbour Master of Hongkong with a written declaration in such form and containing such description and particulars as the Governor may determine. Whereupon the Harbour Master shall deliver to the Master a permit in English and Chinese in such form as the Governor may direct. This permit shall be signed by the Harbour Master but shall not constitute an authority for the possession of the Opium until it has been countersigned and sealed by the Opium Farmer for the time being or by a person duly authorized by him. The permit when so signed and sealed shall be sufficient authority for the Master to retain possession of the Opium during the time that the vessel remains within the waters of the Colony. Pending the obtain- ing of such permit the Master of every such vessel shall keep a
flag hoisted at the highest masthead. If the Opium has to be transhipped into another vessel before it leaves the waters of the Colony, the Master must so state in his declaration giving the name and description of the vessel into which the Opium is about to be transhipped and the time when the transhipment will take place. During the transhipment of the Opium the Masters of both vessels shall keep a
flag hoisted at the highest masthead, When the Opium men- tioned in the permit has been all transhipped the Master of the transhipping vessel shall deliver over the permit to the Master of the vessel into which such Opium has been tran- shipped, and shall endorse such permit stating the date and time of such transhipment.
(2) Every Master of a vessel who fails to comply with the requirements of this Section shall be guilty of an offence against the provisions of this Ordinance.
(3) The term "vessel" in this Section shall mean every description of steamer, ship, junk or boat whether propelled by steam, sails oars or otherwise.
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Titl
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Preamble.
Possession of prepared Opium wikou
a ecriticat! ander sec. VIL of Ordinance 2 of 185H, excopt prepared Opium in transit.
Master of vessel to Quelara quantity of Opium in brusing
Harbour
Mustry co grant Permitt Countersigned by Farmer, Fler ve has hoisted.
Penalty.
Interpretation
of term
"' vessel."