Repeal of Sections 11 and 17 of Ordinance 21 of 1891.
Commence incut of Ordinance.
8. Sections Eleven and Seventeen of the Principal Ordinance, are hereby repealed.
9. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the first day of March, 1898.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 26th day of August, 1897.
J. G. T. BREEKE, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 1st day of September, 1897.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
The fee payable for this Licence is $
OPIUM DIVAN LICENCE.
COPY.
Colonial Ordinance No. of 1897.
A Licence is hereby granted to [name] to open and carry on an Opium Divan for the smoking of Prepared Opium on the premises known as [address] (1) from the day of 189 to the day of 189.
This Licence is issued subject to the observance, by the Licensee, of all the conditions endorsed on this Licence and to his compliance with all the Laws and Regulations for the time being in force relating to Opium and Opium Divans.
This Licence may be cancelled at any time by the Colonial Secretary for any failure of such observance or compliance.
Dated the day of 189.
Colonial Secretary,
(a) As the case may be.
(1) Here insert the address.
ENCLOSURE
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Week 10 OCT 17
Attorney General's Office.
28th August, 1897.
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REPORT ON ORDINANCE 15 OF 1897.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance,
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*An Ordinance to further amend The Prepared Opium Ordinance, 1891.
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the Governor's Instructions.
This Ordinance, the draft of which was submitted to the Secretary of State with the Governor's Despatch No.125 of the 2nd June, 1897, and approved by telegram of 9th August, 1897, provides for bringing the Opium Smoking Divans more directly under the control of the Government at the expiration of the present Farm.
The only differences between the draft so submitted and approved and the Ordinance as passed are as follows:-
In section 2, explaining the meaning of “Opium Divan", the words "and bona fide private guests" are added,
in section 6, sub-section (c), after the words "wife or child".