ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1891.
Raw Opium Amendment.
No. 22 of 1891.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend Ordinance No. 22 of 1887.
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G. Digby BARKER,
Officer Administering the Government.
[13th November, 1891.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Raw Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1891, and shall be read and construed together with Ordinance No. 22 of 1887, as hereby amended, and hereinafter referred to as the principal Ordinance.
2. Section 1 of the principal Ordinance is hereby repealed, and the following section shall be substituted in lieu thereof:-
"This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887,"
3. Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the words "of opium" after the word "chest," and by inserting after the definition of "chest," the following definitions ----
"Opium Farmer.--The holder for the time being of the exclusive privilege of preparing and selling prepared opium either inclusive or exclusive of dross opium."
"Loose Opium--shall mean all raw opium found or discovered otherwise than in a chest full of one quality of raw opium,”
and in the definition of Ship by striking out the words "and in the principal Ordinance."
4. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following section and marginal note are hereby substituted.
Import of open opium prohibited.
3. No person shall bring into the Colony, or the waters thereof or receive therein any loose opium."
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Preamble.
Short title.
Repeal etc.
Amendment of s. 2 of 22 of 1887.
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