ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1887.
Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887.
16. On the coming into operation of this Ordinance, every person having in his possession, custody, or control any Opium within the Colony or its waters shall furnish to the Superintendent an account of all such Opium, and in case of chests the numbers and marks on such chests, and the Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time, and as often as he shall think fit, to demand in writing from every person having any Opium in his possession, custody, or control, an account in writing of the Opium so held at the time of such demand, and in case of chests the marks and numbers, and the said Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time, to enter the premises where such Opium is, and to inspect the same, and any person refusing to give such account, or without reasonable cause shown to permit such entry, or giving a false or incorrect account shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terms and conditions of section 4 of this Ordinance.
17. If any Opium is found, on search authorised under this Ordinance, to have been imported contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or to be missing from the place in which it was stored on importation, or from the place where, according to the permits, it ought to be found stored, the person in whose possession such Opium so imported may be found, or in whose name such Opium so missing shall have been stored, shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for every chest of Opium which shall be found to have been so imported, or to be so missing.
18. If the Opium Farmer shall neglect or refuse, or shall without sufficient cause unreasonably delay to do any of the acts or things herebefore provided and required to be done by him, he shall be liable to a penalty for each such offence not exceeding five hundred dollars.
19. Every person who shall under the provisions of this Ordinance make any application, or supply any particulars, Return, or Account, or other written Statement required by this Ordinance to be made or supplied, shall sign the same himself, or by his Agent thereunto lawfully authorised in writing; and if any such application, particulars, Return, Account, or other Statement shall be false or incorrect, either in whole or in part, to the knowledge of the person so making or supplying the same, whether the same be signed by himself or by his Agent, such person shall, in every case not otherwise provided for by this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first offence, and two thousand for every subsequent offence: and such Agent shall also be liable to penalties of the like amount.
20. Any Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police Officer, empower him by day or by night to enter and search any dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or any ship not being a man-of-war or ship having such status, lying or being within the waters of the Colony, in any case in which it shall appear to such Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is good and sufficient cause to believe that in any such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board any such ship is concealed or deposited any Opium subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance, or as to which an offence has been committed against any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and to take possession of any such Opium found to be concealed, or deposited therein, and of the ship in which the same may be found, and to arrest and take any person, or persons being in such dwelling house, shop, or other building, 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 Ordinance shall be deemed to be Excise Officers for the purposes of this Ordinance, and shall have the like powers, protection, duties, rights and liabilities with reference to Opium under this Ordinance as they have with reference to prepared Opium under the principal Ordinance.
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