HONGKONG
(1924 REVISION)
No. 32 of 1915.
An Ordinance to amend the law relating to importation [Originally
and exportation.
No. 32 of 1915.
[17th December, 1915.]
No. 30 of 1917. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Importation and Short title. Exportation Ordinance, 1915.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "To attempt to export" means to do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of exportation: Provided that an application for an export permit under this Ordinance shall not be deemed to be an attempt to export if such application is in all respects in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and of all Orders in Council made thereunder.
(b) “To export" means to carry or take out of the Colony or to cause to be carried or taken out of the Colony and includes the carriage out of the Colony of things which were carried into the Colony by water and which are, without transhipment into any other vessel, carried out of the Colony on the same vessel on which they were carried into the Colony.
* Revenue officers may arrest without warrant in respect of offences against the
provisions of this Ordinance. See No. 2 of 1917.
Section 14 of the Copyright Act, 1914, has effect as if it formed part of this Ordinance. See No. 11 of 1918, s. 2 (4).
As amended by No. 30 of 1917.
Interpreta- tion.
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