OPIUM.
No. 30 of 1923. 2777
16.—(1) Where two or more persons are found smoking opium in any place, such persons not being residents in the said place, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed--
(a) that the said place is an opium divan; and
(b) that the tenant or occupier of the said place is keeping the said place as an opium divan, provided that such tenant or occupier or a servant of such tenant or occupier is present at the time of the finding of such persons.
(2) Every person found in any opium divan or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Ordinance shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be or to have been smoking opium therein.
to opium
to smoking opium in an opium divan.
opium labels
17. No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession any label or wrapper which was issued by the Superintendent affixed to any receptacle containing Government prepared opium, and which has been or has become detached from such receptacle, or any portion of any such label or wrapper which has been or has become detached from such receptacle.
from the
resembling
18.-(1) No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession any label, wrapper, or mark, so resembling any label, wrapper, or mark used by the Government Superintendent in connexion with Government prepared opium as to constitute a colourable imitation thereof, or have in his possession any die, block, or type apparently intended for the production of any such label, wrapper, or mark.
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(2) For the purposes of this section, "label", "wrapper", "mark", "die", "block" and "type" shall be deemed respectively to include any portion of a label, wrapper, mark, die, block or type.
and dies, etc.,
such labels,
etc.
*
Government opium prep-
19. No person shall mix anything with prepared opium with the intention of causing it to be believed that such prepared opium is Government prepared opium, or shall counterfeit any mark used by the Superintendent to denote that the prepared opium contained in any receptacle is Government prepared opium, or shall use as genuine any such mark.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
distinctive