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Supreme Court for China qualified or to do to the satisfaction of His Majesty's Minister, and holding à certificato to be issued to him to that effect shall be hereby prevented from, prescribing preparing or selling opium for bona fide medicinal purposes. Any person who does, or attempts to do, any act prohibited by these Regulations commi to a breach of the same; and shall upon conviction, be liable to a fine not excceding £ 50, or to impri- sonment, with or without hard labour, for a period not excoeding three months, or to a fine, or to both.
Provided that where such breach relates to the importation or ex- portation of opium the fine imposed may extend to a Bum equiva- lent to treble the value of the opium in relati on to which the
breach is committed,
Any opium in relation to which an offence under these Regulations has been committed shall be liable to forfeiture; and upon for- feiture shall be dealt with as His Majesty's Minister may direct.
the Opium Prohibi ti on Regula-
These Regulations may be cited as
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ti ons,
1919.
Peking, May 26th 1919.
ordau
His Britanni Majsaty's Minister.
(11296.)
CHINA.
NOTICE.
The following Regulations, made by His Majesty's Minister, and hereby declared to be urgent, are published for general information.
J. N. JORDAN, His Britannic Majesty's Minister.
Peking, May 20, 1919.
KING'S REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 155 OF THE CHINA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1904," AND ARTICLE 13 OF THE CHONA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1907.”
No. 22 of 1919.
Regulations Prohibiting any Dealing in Opium by British Subjects.
1. In the construction of these Regulations the word "Opium shall mean, and include, every kind, class, and character of opium from wheresoever derived, whether crude, prepared, or refuse, and all narcotic preparations thereof or therefrom, and all morphine or alkaloids of opium, and all preparations in which opium or its alkaloids enter aa ingredients, together with all opium leaves and wrappings of opium leaves, whether such leaves or wrappings are prepared for use or not.
2. No person shali-
(a.) Import into or export out of China, or any Concession,
Settlement, or Leased Territory in China, opium; or
(b.) Buy, sell, or deal in opiq; or
(e) Enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other
dealing in opium.
Provided that no medical practitioner, chemist, or druggist, practising
or dispensing within the jurisdiction of His Britannic Majesty's
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