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account of stock.
Search for deficiency of opium.
Penalty on Opium Farmer.
Penalty for giving false particulars.
Penalty for concealing opium on steamship.
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THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
case of chests, the marks and numbers, and the Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time to enter the premises where such opium is and to inspect the same.
(2.) Every person who refuses to give such account or, without reasonable cause shown, to permit such entry, or gives a false or incorrect account, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terms and conditions mentioned in section 4.
21. If any opium is found, on a search authorized under this Ordinance, to have been imported contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or to be missing from the place in which it was stored on importation or from the place where, according to the permit, it ought to be found stored, the person in whose possession such opium so imported may be found, or in whose name such opium so missing has been so stored, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for every chest of opium which is found to have been so imported or to be so missing.
22. If the Opium Farmer refuses or neglects, or without sufficient cause unreasonably delays, to do any of the acts or things hereinbefore provided and required to be done by him, he shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty for each such offence not exceeding five hundred dollars.
23. Every person who, under the provisions of this Ordinance, makes any application or supplies any particulars, return, or account, or other written statement required by this Ordinance to be made or supplied shall sign the same himself or by his agent thereunto lawfully authorized in writing; and if any such application, particulars, return, account, or other statement is or are false or incorrect, either in whole or in part, to the knowledge of the person so making or supplying the same, whether the same is or are signed by himself or by his agent, such person shall, in every case not otherwise provided for by this Ordinance, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first offence and two thousand dollars for every subsequent offence; and such agent shall also and in like manner, if offending, be liable to penalties of the like amount.
24.-(1.) Every person who conceals or secretly places any raw opium in any part of any steamship shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(2.) Any opium concealed or secretly placed as aforesaid shall be seized, and the Magistrate may, whether any person is charged with or convicted of any offence under this Ordinance or not, order such opium.
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to be forfeited.
RAW OPIUM.