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DANGEROUS GOODS.
[No. 1.
packages containing the same, and to detain such goods and vessels or packages until a Magistrate has determined whether the same are or are not forfeited.
(2.) The proceedings for such forfeiture shall be commenced forthwith after the seizure.
(3.) Any person seizing any dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies, in pursuance of this section, shall not be liable to any action for detaining the same or for any loss or damage incurred in respect of such goods, otherwise than by any wilful act or neglect while the same are so detained.
(4.) Every person who,
(a.) by himself or by any one in his employment or acting by his direction or with his consent, refuses or fails to admit into any place occupied by or under the control of such person any person demanding to enter in pursuance of this section; or
(b.) in any way obstructs or prevents any such person in or from making any such search, examination, or seizure as authorized by this section,
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to forfeit all the dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies which are found in his possession or under his control.
13.-(1.) No person shall deliver any dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies to any warehouse owner or carrier, or send or carry, or cause to be sent or carried, any such goods to or from any part of the Colony, or deposit such goods in or on any warehouse, wharf, or quay, unless the true name or description of such goods, with the addition of the word "Dangerous," in English and Chinese, is distinctly written, printed, or marked on the outside of the package, or, in the case of delivery to or deposit with any warehouse owner or carrier, without also giving notice in writing to him of the name or description of such goods and of their being dangerous.
(2.) Every person who commits a breach of this section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two thousand dollars or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding two years.
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Marking of dangerous goods and giving of notice of their character. 29 & 30 Vict. c. 69 s. 3.
Provision for case of knowledge of absence of nature of goods.
(1.) any person convicted of a breach of the last preceding section shall not be liable to a penalty of more than one thousand dollars or to imprisonment, if he shows, to the satisfaction of the Court or of the Court and jury before whom he is convicted, that he did not know the nature of the goods to which the information or indictment relates; and
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