Opium after the hour of 10 o'clock at night, in any other house or place (save and except their usual place of abode) shall on conviction before a Magistrate be liable to a penalty of 20 dollars and the holder of the said house or place shall further be liable in the like sum, and no place shall be licensed for the sale of Opium in smaller quantities than one chest or for smoking Opium within the Island of Hongkong and its Dependencies or the Waters thereof, other than the houses so appropriated as aforesaid.

3. Holders of the said houses so appropriated as aforesaid shall not sell or dispose of Opium except for money, under a penalty of 25 dollars, to be paid by the holder on conviction before Police Magistrate.

4. No person shall be admitted into any house appropriated as aforesaid with any kind of arms, weapons, or edged tools, under a penalty of 50 dollars to be paid by the holder of the house, on proof of the same before Police Magistrate.

5. If any persons are found riotous or quarrelsome in any such house, the holder thereof shall apply to a Police Officer, and deliver such person or persons into his charge to be dealt with as the Law directs.

6. Every person duly licensed to retail Opium as aforesaid...

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