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Keeping of register by importer and storer of raw opium.
Superintendent may demand from holder of opium.
No. 23 of 1909.
OPIUM.
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and, further, any raw 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 may be forfeited.
18. (1) Every importer of raw 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 Bengal opium shall be given, and such other marks or numbers, in the case of other sorts of raw 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 fine not exceeding 500 dollars.
19. (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 raw opium in his possession, custody, or control an account in writing of the raw opium so held at the time of such demand, and, in the 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 raw opium is and to inspect the account of stock.
(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, be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terms and conditions mentioned in section 4.
20. If any raw opium is found, on a search authorised under this Ordinance, to have been imported contrary to the provisions thereof 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 raw opium so imported may be found, or in whose name such raw opium so missing...
* As amended by No. 30 of 1911.
† As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 12 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912. § As amended by No. 30 of 1911, No. 13 of 1912 and No. 21 of 1912.