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7.
Section 3 of this Ordinance substitutes a new section for
section 59 of the principal Ordinance.
33 follows:
8.
The new features are
(a) The old sub-section (1) made unlawful various cases
of lawful possession under export permits and removal
powers. The new sub-section (1) corrects this.
(b) Under the old sub-section (2)it was only where the
liquors are in a general bonded or licensed warehouse
that possession of liquors unlawfully imported was an
offence. The new sub-section (2) makes the prohibi-
-tion general.
(c) It also prohibits possession of liquors unlawfully
manufactured or prepared. This was suggested by the
old form of section 86 of the principal Ordinance.
(d) The new sub-section (3) allows sales of dutiable ļi-
-quors which are on the licensed premises of holders
of distillery or brewery licences.
(e) The new sub-section (4) provides that it shall be no
defence to any charge under sub-section (1) or (2) that
the possession of the accused was a joint possession.
Section 2 of this Ordinance makes, for the sake of greater
clearness, two amendments in section 2 of the principal Ordi-
nance which were perhaps not strictly necessary. The term
"intoxicating liquors" obviously included "native wines and
spirits", though "native wines and spirits" were not specifi-
-cally mentioned in the definition of that term, while various
kinds of European liquors were mentioned. On the other hand
the definition of the term "dutiable liquors" suggested that
"native wines and spirits" were not included in the term "intox-
-cating liquors", because the term "dutiable liquirs" was de- -fined as meaning "intoxicationg liquors and native wines and spirits on which the duty has not been paid". The reference