Dutiable Commodities.

keep and use on any specified premises a still of not more than eight gallons capacity for the purposes only of his profession or business: Provided that the practitioner or pharmacist shall before the issue of the licence, if the Director so requires, give to the Director a bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, with a cash deposit of that sum or two sufficient sureties, to secure that the still will not exceed eight gallons capacity and that the practitioner or pharmacist will not use the still or suffer it to be used except for the preparation of medicines or other substances genuinely required for medical or scientific purposes.

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[CAP. 109

Sale of Liquor

Auctioneer.

(Cap. 114.)

74. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this Ordinance, saving as to an auctioneer licensed under the Miscellaneous Licences Ordinance, may without any licence under this Ordinance sell liquor by auction but, unless the person for whom he sells holds a licence to sell such liquor, only with the written permission of the Director.

(2) The auction may be held on the auctioneer's premises or on any premises at which his principal is licensed to sell the liquor, or at any place indicated in the permission aforesaid.

(3) This section shall apply notwithstanding that the liquor is the property of the Government of the United Kingdom or of the Colony or forms part of the estate of a bankrupt or deceased person or is sold by order of the court.

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Spirits to be Dutiable Certified to Goods until

75. (1) All the provisions of this Ordinance relating to dutiable goods shall apply to any denatured spirits unless and until the Government Chemist certifies in writing in each case that such spirits are non-dutiable, and upon the issue of such certificate the liquor to which it relates shall be deemed to be duty-paid goods.

(2) Any fee prescribed by the Governor in Council for such certificate may be proportionate to the duty which would have been payable had the liquor not been denatured: but no such fee (except a minimum fee) shall exceed one-tenth of the duty.

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the contrary.

37 of 1950,

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