OPIUM.
No. 30 of 1923.
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quantity and
37. (1) A certificate signed by the Superintendent as to the character, quantity or market value of any opium shall in any proceeding be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.
(2) A certificate signed by the Superintendent that he is satisfied by analysis that any prepared opium is or is not Government prepared opium shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein, and neither the Superintendent nor the analyst who made such analysis shall be cross-examined with regard to the contents of such certificate.
Offences and penalties.
38. (1) Every person who—
(a) acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder; or
(b) acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, the conditions of any licence or permit issued or authority granted under or in pursuance of this Ordinance; or
(c) for the purpose of obtaining, whether for himself or for any other person, the issue, grant or renewal of any such licence or permit or authority as aforesaid, makes any declaration or statement which is false in any particular, or knowingly utters, produces or makes use of any such declaration or statement or any document containing the same; or
(d) in the Colony aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission in any place outside the Colony of any offence punishable under the provisions of any corresponding law in force in that place, or does any act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, any act (wherever to be committed) which if committed in the Colony would constitute an offence against this Ordinance,
shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
opium.
Offences.
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