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Government license).
Settlement of difference between incoming and outgoing Opium Farmers.
See Ordinance No. 3 of 1901. Failure to appoint arbitrator.
Time for award.
Powers of arbitrators.
Application of certain provisions of the Ordinance.
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25. All licensees of the Governor-in-Council under section 19, there is no Opium Farmer, shall, during the last three months period of their licences, be subject to such restrictions as to the quantity of opium they shall prepare and sell as the Governor-in-Council from time to time determine.
26.-(1.) In the event of any difference arising between the incoming and outgoing Opium Farmers as to the quantities of prepared opium produced or sold during the last three months of the term and the value of the same, or as to the nature and quantity of the raw or prepared opium so to be purchased or made over or the values thereof, or as to the value of the furniture, fittings, and implements aforesaid, such difference shall be determined by three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the incoming farmer, one by the outgoing farmer, and one by the Governor.
(2.) The majority of the arbitrators may determine, and are hereby empowered to decide in each particular case, what are usual quantities of prepared opium within the meaning of this Ordinance.
(3.) The award of the arbitrators or of a majority of them shall be final, and the arbitration or such other settlement shall be held at such time after the end of the term of the outgoing farmer as may seem reasonable to the Governor.
(4.) Any award made may be filed in the Supreme Court pursuant to the Code of Civil Procedure for the time being in force.
27. In case either the incoming or the outgoing Opium Farmer fails to appoint an arbitrator within ten days from his receiving notice from the Governor to do so, the other two arbitrators may proceed with the award, and, in case of difference of opinion, they shall appoint an umpire, whose award shall be final, and may be filed in the Supreme Court pursuant to the said Code.
28. The Governor shall fix the time within which the award of the arbitrators is to be completed, and such time shall be specified on appointment of each arbitrator.
29. The arbitrators shall have the same powers as if the appointment and reference to arbitration had been made by an order of the Supreme Court under the said Code.
Arrests and Seizures.
30. All the provisions of this Ordinance as to searches, arrests, possession, the seizure and disposal of opium or implements, penalties and their division, rewards to informers, and penalties for false charges or irregular proceedings shall apply, so far as circumstances will permit.