Regulations for the sale of Opium by retail made by His Excellency, the Governor of Hongkong with the advice of the Executive Council thereon on the 8th day of February
1845 in pursuance of
Ordinance No 24 of 1844, entitled "An Ordinance for licensing the sale of Salt, Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Ganja, Betel, and Botel Leaf, within the Colony of Hongkong,
and for the licensing
of Pawnbrokers and Auctioneers with a Table of Fees, Licenses and Signatures."
Official
1. If any person not being duly licensed by Government
shall within the limits of the said Island
of Hongkong and its Dependencies or the Waters thereof, sell or retail Opium for consumption in smaller quantities than one chest, such person shall be liable on conviction before a Police Magistrate to the following fines and punishments; namely, for the first offence to
a fine of 100 dollars, for the second offence to a fine of 250 dollars, and for every subsequent offence to a fine of 500 dollars, the said penalties respectively to be recovered in a summary
manner before any
Magistrate of Police and in default of any of
the said penalties being duly paid after conviction, the same shall be levied on the offender's goods and chattels by distress, and in
default of sufficient distress, every such offender shall be liable to imprisonment for the said first offence for two months
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