A.D. 1887.]
RAW OPIUM.
liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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ss, 10 and 12.
16. Except as provided in section 13, no removal or movement of Movements of opium whatever under sections 10 and 12 shall be allowed between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. from October to March, inclusive, or between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September, inclusive, unless the requisition mentioned in the said sections so states and unless the Superintendent in his discretion, in and by the permits mentioned in the said sections, so directs.
forfeiture for
certain
17. Every person who offends against or does not comply with any of Penalty and the provisions of sections 9, 10, 12, 13, and 16 shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and any opium imported, exported, stored, or moved, or attempted to be imported, exported, stored, or moved, contrary to the provisions of any of the foregoing sections shall be seized and be forfeited.
may
18. (1.) Every importer of opium and person storing the same shall keep a register, in such form as the Governor may require, showing the number of chests imported or stored by him and how and to whom they were disposed of.
(2.) Marks and Government numbers in the case of the Bengal drug shall be given, and such other marks or numbers in the case of other sorts of opium as the Superintendent may require to be placed upon them.
(3.) Every offence for non-compliance with the requirements of this section shall be punishable with a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
Keeping of register by importer and storer of opium.
Prohibition of
Chinese craft
waters except
19.-(1.) No junk or other Chinese craft, whether licensed or not, shall leave her anchorage, or leave or attempt to leave the waters of the Colony, unless the safety of the vessel (through stress of weather) renders it necessary to do so, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m., from October to March, inclusive, or between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m., from April to September, inclusive, under a penalty, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, not exceeding five hundred dollars or the forfeiture of junk and cargo.
(2.) This section shall not apply to any Hongkong fishing boat licensed under any Ordinance for the time being in force relating to merchant shipping, provided such boat has obtained a permit from the Harbour Master allowing it to leave within the hours aforesaid.
See Ordinance No. 10 of 1899.
20.-(1.) The Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time, and as often as he may think fit, to demand in writing from every person having any opium in his possession, custody, or control an account in writing of the opium so held at the time of such demand, and, in the
ent to
Superintend-
demand from holder of opium