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No. 23 of 1909.
OPIUM.
The subjecting of opium of any kind to any degree of artificial heat, for any purpose whatsoever, shall be taken to be the preparing of such opium:
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"Opium dross" means the residuum produced by smoking prepared opium:
"Dross opium" means a preparation of opium in which opium dross is an ingredient:
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"Halan" means the residuum produced by smoking dross opium: "Compound of opium" means any substance, except opium prepared for smoking purposes, which contains any constituent or alkaloid or salt of an alkaloid of opium:
The presence of meconic acid and of one other constituent of opium shall be considered to be proof of the presence of opium:
"Morphine" includes morphia and all salts of morphine and any solution or preparation containing morphine or its salts:
"Opium" includes raw opium, prepared opium, opium dross, dross opium, halan, compounds of opium and morphine:
**Chest of opium** means a package with the raw opium contained in it of the size and character generally used by merchants for the importation of raw opium:
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"Loose opium" means all raw opium found or discovered otherwise than in a chest full of one quality of raw opium:
"The Colony" includes the waters of the Colony:
"Farm" means any exclusive privilege granted under this Ordinance:
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"Farmer" means any holder of any such exclusive privilege: "Opium farmer" means the holder of the exclusive privilege of preparing and selling prepared opium in the Colony, either inclusive or exclusive of dross opium:
"Dross farmer" means the holder, if any, of the exclusive privilege of collecting and purchasing opium dross and preparing and dealing in dross opium in the Colony:
Where there is no opium farmer, or no dross 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,