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Restrictions on the exportation and importation of Opium in British Colonies in the Far bast.
Under the Law of Ceylon there is no restriction on
the exportation of opium, whether prepared or not.
This
is due to the fact that opium may only be imported by an
authorised public officer (the Principal Civil Eedical
(fficer) and may only be supplied to medical practitioners
and dispensers for medicinal purposes, and to the limited
number of registered onium consumers.
importation, possession or sale of opium except
by taa authorised officer and for the above mentioned
authorised purposes is illegal. There is therefore no
question of exportation, the amount imported being regulated
by the local consumption.
2. In the Araits Settlements the law gives the
Governor in Council Dwer to prohibit the exportation of
opium or chandu to any ce or to subject exportation to
limitations and conditions,`
bo far the Governor in
Council has forbidden de export of opium from the Colony
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