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deleted by ord. 16 of 19095.2
new definitions added by Ord. 16 of 1909 sect. 2
No. 8.1 THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1891.
the exclusive privilege of opening, carrying on, or licensing any class of opium divans. When there is no opium farmer, or no dross farmer, or no divan farmer, this Ordinance shall be read as if the Governor-in-Council, or any person licensed for the purpose by the Governor-in-Council, were expressly named instead of the opium farmer, or as if the Colonial Secretary, or any person licensed for the purpose by the Colonial Secretary, were expressly named instead of the dross farmer, or the divan farmer, or either of them. And payment or delivery to the Colonial Treasurer, for the use of the public revenue, or to an Excise Officer for the same purpose, shall in all such cases be taken to be payment or delivery to such farmer under this Ordinance :
"Implement" means any vessel, utensil, instrument, or other thing which has been used, or which is probably intended to be used, for containing prepared opium, or for preparing or aiding in preparing any opium, or for smoking opium :
Any opium, implement, or other thing shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be in the possession of any person if he has such opium, implement, or thing in possession, custody, or control, by himself or by any other person :
The subjecting of opium of any kind to any degree of artificial heat for any purpose whatever, shall be taken to be the preparing of such opium :
"Ship" means any steam or sailing vessel, junk, boat, sampan, or any kind of craft used for the conveyance of persons or things by water, or which may be so used:
"Summary Conviction" means a conviction before a Police Magistrate of the Colony. & diorphine
and 10/04 Definitions of compound of opium" were
Appointment
of Excise Officers."
Schedule:
Form No. 1.
Personating Excise Officer.
Excise Officers.
added by the
3.-(1.) All existing Excise Officers appointed under the Ordinances hereby repealed shall be continued under this Ordinance.
(2.) The Governor may from time to time appoint, in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule to this Ordinance, such other agents or servants of the Opium Farmer or other persons as may be approved of by him to act as Excise Officers under this Ordinance.
(3.) Any such appointment may at any time be withdrawn by the Governor.
4. Every person who assumes, without lawful authority, to act as an Excise Officer shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or, in default, to imprisonment, or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three months.