6.
ARTICLE XII.
(a) Thẻ Hong Kong Government agrees to control the
movements of all salt upon import into, or production in, or
export from, the Colony.
(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the
Colony shall declare to the proper Hong Kong authorities
the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.
(c) The import into China of foreign salt including salt
manufactured in the New Territories (Hong Kong) is and
remains prohibited.
(a) If any vessel imports salt from China into the waters
of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescrib-
ed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt
Department, the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith
report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and such
vessel shall be liable to seizure by such Hong Kong authori-
ties as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime
Customs of such dues as would be payable if such vessel had
been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.
Failing payment of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall
be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime
Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or
against the vessel. The master of any such vessel shall
also be liable upon conviction on the prosecution of the
Hong Kong Government to a fine in respect of such importation
and the salt in question shall be liable to be confiscated
by the magistrate. Any salt so confiscated shall be placed
at the disposal of the Chinese Salt Department.
(a) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt
in transit without transhipment, shall be deposited in a
licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be removed from a
licensed warehouse except under a removal permit, which
permit/