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which immediate signature could be
authorised from the British side.
2. One amendment of substance
is proposed
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Article 12 (d) as worded in the
draft appears to give the
Hong Kong authorities, acting on
behalf of the Chinese Customs,
a power to seize large ocean-going
vessels on the ground that
some salt may have been
secreted on part of the vessel
by a member of the crew or
even by a passenger. This
hardly seems reasonable; but
general international practice is
to confine powers of seizure to
the type of small craft on which,
if smuggling takes place, it is
likely to be with the
cognisance of the master or
owner
or owner-master.
For
example
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