L.S.
HONG KONG.
No. 29 of 1929.
I assent.
C. CLEMENTI, Governor.
20th December, 1929.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to
intoxicating liquors.
[20th December, 1929.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1929.
2. Section 2 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, Amendment 1911, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, is of Ordinance amended as follows:-
(a) by the deletion in paragraph (8) of the words
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or the Government Analyst" and by the subs- titution therefor of the words "or of the Govern- ment Analyst or of any analyst in the employ- ment of the Government";
(b) by the repeal of paragraph (11);
(c) by the repeal in paragraph (13) of the words "In the case of Chinese wines and spirits, seven and a half catties shall be deemed to be the equiva- lent of the imperial gallon ";
(d) by the insertion immediately after paragraph
(20) of the following paragraph
(20A) "Person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprison- ment, includes a body corporate and a firm.
(e) by the insertion in paragraph (29) immediately after the word "Exports", of the words "and any Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports".
3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended as follows:
No. 9 of 1911, s. 2.
Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of
(a): by the repeal of sub-section (1) and the substitu- 1911, s. 3.
tion of the following sub-section therefor :-
(1) No person shall except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Ordinance-
(a) make, distil, or rectify any spirits; or (b) knowingly keep or have in his posses- sion any still or other utensil or apparatus suitable for making distil- ling or rectifying spirits; or (e) without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession, custody, or control any fermenting or fermented material.
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