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circumstances.
ORDINANCE No. 1 of 1884.
Opium.
person, or in any unauthorised place within this Colony, it shall be
[1 of 79, s. 9.] lawful for a Police or Excise officer to seize any raw opium found in
Procedure.
[2 of 58, s. 12,]
possession of such unauthorised person, or in such unauthorised place.
Procedure.
32. All offences against this Ordinance may be tried and all penalties under this Ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a
[7 of 79, s. 14.] Magistrate.
Penalties.
[2 of 58, s. 13,]
33. For every offence against the provisions of this Ordinance (or
[7 of 79, s. 6.] against any regulation made thereunder) not otherwise specially provided
for, the offender shall be liable to the following penalties:-
Disposal of fines.
[1 of 83, s. 4.]
(1.) For every first offence a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
(2.) For every subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.
34. The pecuniary penalty imposed upon the offender shall, after
[7 of 79, s. 10,] the adjudication of a portion of the same not exceeding one half to the informer at the discretion of the Magistrate be paid to the farmer, and all the boiled or prepared opium to which the same relates may be forfeited, and by the Magistrate in his discretion adjudged and delivered to the farmer.
Forfeiture of
raw opium.
[4 of 83, s. 2.]
35. Where any boiled or prepared opium, or utensils or vessels used
[1 of 79, s. 16,] for preparing or smoking the same, are found in the possession of any unauthorized person, or in any unauthorized place, and it appears to a Magistrate that such boiled or prepared opium was boiled or prepared by such person, or in such place, or if any utensil or vessel used for boiling or preparing or smoking opium be found in the possession of such person or in such place, it shall be lawful for such Magistrate to declare any raw opium found in the possession of such person or in such place to be forfeited, and to direct that the same shall be delivered to the farmer.
Unclaimed utensils.
[1 of 79, s. 15, 1 of 83, s. 2.]
36. In case any boiled or prepared opium, or utensils or vessels used for preparing or smoking the same, are found without being apparently in the possession of any one, it shall be lawful for the Magistrate