(iii) exported,
OPIUM.
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except under, and in accordance with, a removal or export permit issued by the Superintendent: Provided that no permit shall be necessary if the opium is, without any trans-shipment, exported on the ship on which it was imported;
(e) the chest, box, case or package containing the opium shall be imported, and shall while in the Colony be maintained, unopened and unbroken, unless it is opened or broken during and for the purposes of some search authorised by this Ordinance;
[s. 4 contd.]
Form No. 1.
(f) a certificate in Form No. 2 in the First Schedule or in some form which appears to the Superintendent to be equivalent shall accompany the opium on the said ship and shall be produced to the Superintendent at least four hours before the opium is exported;
(g) the ship on which the opium is exported shall, on leaving the harbour of Victoria, proceed direct and forthwith out of the waters of the Colony;
(h) the exportation of the opium shall be reported in writing to the Superintendent, by the owner, charterer or agent of the ship, within forty-eight hours after the departure out of the waters of the Colony of the ship on which the opium is exported.
(3) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any Indian raw opium imported by water under a through bill of lading for Macao from the Government of India or its nominees for the use of the Government of Macao or its nominees, provided that the following conditions are complied with:-
(a) the ship on which the opium is imported shall proceed direct and forthwith to the harbour of Victoria and shall forthwith enter such harbour;
(b) full particulars as to the description, weight, consignors, consignees and destination of the opium, and as to the marks and numbers of the cases in which it is contained, shall appear in the manifest of the said ship;
(c) the presence of the opium on board the ship shall be reported in writing to the Superintendent by the master of the ship within four hours after the arrival of the ship in the harbour of Victoria: Provided that, if the office of the Superintendent is not open for the four hours immediately
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