Arms and Ammunition.
which are duly in the possession or under the control of some person on behalf of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong with the knowledge and consent of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, as the case may be.
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(4) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition on board any ship which in the opinion of the Governor, as certified by the Colonial Secretary, is either a ship of war or a military aircraft of any foreign state.
(5) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition consigned to some place outside the Colony and in transitu on any vessel as bona fide cargo and entered on the manifest.
(6) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any arms and ammunition on board any vessel licensed by the Director of Marine under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899 (10 of 1899) Provided that the Commissioner of Police has consented that such arms and ammunition are reasonably necessary for the protection of such vessel and has signified his consent by enumerating and describing such arms and ammunition on the licence of such vessel. The grant and cancellation of any such consent shall be within the sole discretion of the Commissioner of Police.
(7) Subsection (1) shall not apply so as to prevent the owner or master of any vessel, other than such vessels as are referred to in subsection (6), from having on board such arms and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for the protection of such vessel, but this exemption shall not apply in the case of any vessel (a) which regularly includes in its ports of call any place on the east coast of Asia between Vladivostok and Singapore inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into the sea on the east coast of Asia between Vladivostok and Singapore, or any place in Formosa, and (b) the usual extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond the places specified above.
(8) Where arms and ammunition, the property of a licensed or exempted person, are carried by or are found in the possession of his agent or servant, under bona fide instructions so to carry or possess the same for him and on his behalf temporarily for any lawful purpose, such carriage,
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