D-1891.
PREPARED OPIUM.
[No. 8.
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Ordinance: Provided that such scale shall not come into effect until it has been published in The Gazette.
Every fine provided by such scale shall be levied in the same manner as the fines imposed by this Ordinance.
Default by farmer in payment of money.
32. If the consideration money for any privilege granted under this Ordinance or any Ordinance hereby repealed, or any instalment thereof, is not paid within one month next after the day appointed for the payment of such consideration, the said privilege shall become null and void, and, over and above all other liabilities under this Ordinance or any Ordinance hereby repealed or any conditions of such privilege, the farmer shall be liable to make good to the Governor all losses or expenses incurred by reason of such default in payment, or by reason of any re-sale or re-grant of such privilege which the Governor-in-Council may thereupon make, and which he is hereby authorized.
Transfer of Farm.
23. —(1.) The Opium Farmer shall, one month before his privilege expires, give public notice, in the Form No. 4 in the Schedule to this Ordinance, that such privilege is to expire on the day named in such notice, which shall be the last day of his exclusive privilege, and that prepared opium purchased from such farmer, or from any licensee of such farmer, can be used without the consent of the new farmer after noon of the third day next after such date.
(2) Such notice shall be printed in English and Chinese, and the former shall supply copies thereof to all persons licensed by him under this Ordinance, and every such licensed person shall exhibit such notice in the place where he sells prepared opium, in a conspicuous position, so as to be plainly visible to every person entering such place.
Stocking of farm.
24. The Opium Farmer shall not, during the three months preceding the end of his term, prepare more than the usual quantity of opium, and neither he nor his licensees shall, during such three months, sell any prepared opium at less than the average current prices of the day or in greater quantities than is usual at the time of year, and at the end of his term such farmer or his licensees shall not sell, export, or otherwise take away with or dispose of any of his or their stock of prepared opium, but shall make over to the incoming farmer the full and complete stock of raw or prepared opium then in his or their possession, at the marketable value thereof, together with all furniture, fittings, and implements used in or about the Opium Farmer's premises for the purposes of such privilege, and the incoming farmer shall be bound to take over and pay for the same accordingly.