2172
Penalties.
Permits for landing of chests of
opium.
Movement and export of chests of
opium.
Removal and transhipment of opium.
ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1887.
Opium (Raw.)
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 forfeiture 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, provided the whole imprisonment does not exceed six months; and notwithstanding the penalty for the breach of conditions 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 C furnishing 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 until 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 properly 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