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ORDINANCES Nos. 17 AND 18 OF 1886.
Opium.
Board of Ship Liquor Sale.
No. 17 of 1886.
Construction.
*No. 1 of 1884.
Definition.
Powers of excise officer.
Powers of Justices of the Peace.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:--
1. This Ordinance and the Opium Ordinance 1884,* hereafter called the principal Ordinance shall be construed together as one Ordinance to be called The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1886.
2. In the construction of the above named Ordinances:
Ship shall include junks, sampans, boats and every kind of vessel used for the conveyance of persons or things.
3. The powers given to inspectors of Police by section 27 of the principal Ordinance with reference to the searching of ships, and the seizure of opium on board of such ships may also be exercised by any excise officer.
4. The powers given to Magistrates by section 28 of the principal Ordinance to issue search warrants may be exercised by any Justice of the Peace, and such search warrants may be issued and executed on Sundays as well as on other days.
Short title
Interpretation
No. 18 of 1886.
An Ordinance entitled An Ordinance to prevent the sale or conveyance on board Ship of any Spirituous or Fermented Liquor, and to prohibit the hovering near or about Ships of any persons in boats for the purpose of selling or taking on board Ship of such liquor.
[30th November, 1886.] BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Board of Ship Liquor Sale Ordinance, 1886.
2. In this Ordinance unless the context indicates the contrary:
Ship shall mean any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, and any description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars, but shall not include Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by steam.