Offer my a
take possession of articles โน ฟ
J'ower to brenkopen dura
May detain JETSONS.
Saudnye,
Excise Officers, appointamat
Arcoma wilbout wafrutt
Searching
یراده
Suspending
clar,
be found, and to arrest and take any person, or persons being in such dwelling house, shop, or other building, or place, or on board any such ship, in whose possession, custody, or control any such Opium may be found, or whom the said Officer may have good and sufficient reason to suspect to have concealed or deposited therein or thereabouts any such Opium, and any Officer to whom such warrant shall be directed may, in case of obstruction or resistance, break open any outer or inner doors of such dwelling house, shop, or other building, or place, and enter thereinto, and forcibly enter such ship, and every part thereof, and remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, and removal as aforesaid, and may detain every person found in such place until the said place shall have been searched, and all informations to be laid and all warrants to be issued, and all arrests and seizures to be made under this Ordinance, may be had or done on a Sunday as well as on any other day.
21. Excise Officers duly appointed under the principal Ordinance shall be deemed to be Excise Officers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall have the like powers, duties, rights and liabilities with reference to Opium under this Ordinance as they have with reference to prepared Opium under the principal Ordinance.
22. It shall be lawful for any Police or Excise Officer to arrest without warrant any person within the Colony whom he reasonably suspects to be conveying or to have concealed on his person any Opium in contravention of the requirements of this Ordinance and to take him before a Magistrate to be dealt with according to law.
23. It shall be lawful for any Inspector of Police or an Excise Officer, having reasonable ground for believing that there is Opium in any ship within the waters of the Colony in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship of war or vessel having such status) to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such Opium, and seize any so found, and it shall be lawful for such Inspector to take the Opium so found, together with the person in whose custody, possession or control it is found, before a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
24. This Ordinance shall come into operation on a day to be proclaimed by the Governor.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 27th day of May, 1887.
ALATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 27th day of May, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
SCHEDULES.
(A.)
Bill of Particulars,
To the Superintendent of Imports and Exports,
Hongkong,
Sir,
Please issue a permit to land from the arrived on
which
chests of Opium, numbered and
marked as below.
To be landed on
and stored at (godown or shop or house),
at
wharf
Importer.
A copy of this permit has
been served on me.
Opium Farmer,
A copy of this permit has been served on
me.
Date,
18
(B.)
Permit to Land.
is authorised
to land from the
chests of Opium with numbers and marks as noted below, and is authorised to store the same in the (godown, shop or house) of
Importer,
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Superintendent.
(C.)
Application to Export.
To the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
Please issue a permit to export by
Sir,
chests of
Opium, numbered and marked as below, on
to destination
purchased by me from
the
day of
18
the said Opium having been in whose (godown, house or shop) it is now stored (or the same being now stored in my godown, shop or house) at
or sold by me to
Date,
18
(D.)
Permit to Export.
is authorised to export by
chests of
Opium, marked and numbered as below, on the
having been purchased by the Exporter from
and now stored in
situated at
and sold to
who is required to export in terms of this permit,
Date,
18
Superintendent,
Sir,
(E.)
Application to remove.
To the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
Please issue a permit for the removal of Opium, numbered and marked as below, from
chests of (Malwa)
and
from the custody and in the possession of G.. to the custody or
possession of J.K.
Time of removal.
Owner or Shipper or Purchaser,
Date,
18
(F.)
Removal Permit.
A.B. is authorised to move
marked and numbered as below, from
chests of (Benares) Opium,
and from the custody or possession of G.H. to the custody or possession of J.K.
Hongkong.
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Superintendent,
Received this Opium,
Purchaser,
Received this Opium.
Exporter.
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