HONGKONG.
No. 7 OF 1924.
I assent.
L.S.
R. E. STUBBS,
Governor.
29th August, 1924.
An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordi-
nance, 1923.
[29th August, 1924.]
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Opium Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1924.
2. Sections 4 and 5 of the Opium Ordinance, 1923, Amendment are repealed, and the following sections are substituted of Ordinance therefor :-
Restrictions
on dealings in raw opium.
4.-(1) Except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Governor, no person or firm shall, whether on his or its own behalf or on behalf of any other person or firm, buy or sell, or supply or procure, or offer to supply or procure, or other- wise deal in or offer to deal in, any raw opium, whether such raw opium be in the Colony or elsewhere, and whether it be ascertained or appro- priated or in existence or not, and, except under and in accordance with a licence granted by the Governor, no person or firm shall import or export any raw opium or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing or exporting any raw opium, or have any raw opium in his or their possession.
(2) Subject to the obtaining of a licence under sub-section (1) before importa- tion, any raw opium which is imported by water, from a place from which such raw opium may by the law of that place legally be exported, under a through bill of lading for any place into which such raw opium may by the law of that place legally be imported, may be imported into the Colony, and may be exported to such place, provided that the following conditions are complied with :-
(a) The ship on which the raw opium is imported shall proceed direct and forth-
No. 30 of 1923. ss. 4 & 5.
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