1748 ORDINANCES Nos. 8 AND 9 OF 1883 .
Excise ( Opium). Merchant Shipping Consolidation.
No. 8 of 1883 .
An Ordinance entitled The Excise Ordinances (Opium) 1858-1879 Amend
ment Ordinance 1883, (No. 2) .
[ 20th July, 1883. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
B' Council thereof, as follows : --
Certain provi 1. Except as hereinafter provided , all the provisions of the Excise Ordinances
sions of the
Excise Ordi (Opium) 1858-1883 as to searches, arrest, possession , the seizure and disposal of
nances (Opium)
1858-1883 to
apply to dross opium, utensils, vessels, or implements used for preparing the same, and the disposal
opium .
thereof, penalties and their division, and rewards to informers, shall apply, so far as
circumstances will admit, in relation to all cases of possession of, preparing, or dealing
in dross opium without authority from the person licensed by the Governor in Council
to have the exclusive privilege of dealing in and preparing dross opium.
Sec. 7 of Ordi 2. The provisions of section 7 of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 shall not apply to
nance 2 of1858
not to apply to sales of dross opium .
dros opium .
[ Repealed by Ordinance No. 1 of 1884.]
No. 9 of 1883 .
An Ordinance entitled The Merchant Shipping Consolidation
Ordinance, 1879, Amendment Ordinance, 1883.
[ 20th July, 1883. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Sec. 25 of 1. Ordinance 8 of 1879 is hereby amended by striking out the words
Ordinance 8
of 1879 ―――――――
of section 25 and substituting in place thereof the words :
amended .
Governor in " The Governor in Council may from time to time make ,
Council may
make quaran " and when made, revoke, add to, or alter such regulations as
tine regula
tions. "the Governor in Council may deem necessary for maintaining
"and enforcing an effectual quarantine in the ports and waters
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of the Colony, and for the setting apart of suitable places in
" available situations for quarantine stations , and providing for
"the detention and seclusion in such places of persons arriving
"on board vessels subjected to quarantine ."