Draft King's Regulation relating to the control of the
traffic in opium between the Persian Gulf and the
Far East.
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In exercise of the power conferred by section 55 of
the Persian Coast and Islands Order in Council, 1907 His Majesty's Consul-General is pleased to make the following
regulation for the control of the traffic in opium between
the Persian Gulf and the Far East:-
1. His Majesty's Consular officers in the Persian Gulf
shall, before granting olearance to a British ship sailing
from the Persian Gulf with any opius on board, require the
Haster of the ship
2.
(1) to make an affidavit stating the real destination
of the opium;
(2) in the case of expor te to countries that have
adopted the importation certificate system recomended
by the League of Nations or entered into a similar
agreement with His Hajesty's Goverment, to produce
a certificate of the Government of the country of
destimtion authorising the import of the opium; pwi (3) to enter into a bond for the delivery of the opium
at that destination,
This Regulation may be cited as the "Opium Traffic
Regulation, 1923",