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Enclosure No. 2.
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong..23rd January, 192/30.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No........................ of 19730.
1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to amend further the Opium Ordinance, 1923,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is
not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2.
This Ordinance is intended to fill up certain
minor lacunae which had been noticed in the statutory
provisions relating to the control of opium.
3.
Sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance introduce new
definitions of the terms "exportation" and "importation"
which are based on those in the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance,
1923, as enacted by the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Ordinance,
1928. The new points are the following:-
(a) Aircraft are specifically referred to.
(b) Conveyance by mail is expressly mentioned.
c) The word "despatch" is introduced in order
to meet the possible though unlikely case
of contraband being thrown across the land
frontier.