Liability of licence halder for
offences committed
by his
(3) Any person who-
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(4) obstructs or delays any officer in the exercise of any of
the powers conferred upon him by this Ordinance; or (b) wilfully or recklessly gives false information, or withholds information, as to any of the matters in respect of which information is required to be given under this Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of two thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
13. Whenever it is proved to the satisfaction of any court having jurisdiction that an offence against this Ordinance has been committed by any employee or agent of any person holding a licence issued under this Ordinance, such person shall be held to be liable for such offence and to the penalty provided therefor, and agents, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent and that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence:
employees
Cancella- tion of
licence on
Provided that--
(c) no such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment (except in default of payment of a fine) for any offence under this section; and
(6) nothing in this section shall be deemed to exempt the employee or agent from the penalties provided for the offence committed by him.
14. On the conviction of any person for an offence against this Ordinance, the magistrate may, in addition to any other conviction. penalty, order that any licence issued under this Ordinance held by such person shall be cancelled and any licence in respect whereof any such order is made shall be forthwith delivered by the holder thereof to the appropriate licensing authority for cancella- tion.
Forfeiture.
Saving for other enact- ments.
15. A magistrate may order to be forfeited to the Crown any dangerous goods and any container thereof with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed, whether any person has been charged with such offence or not.
16. The provisions of this Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in derogation of the provisions of any other enactment relating to dangerous goods, except so far as those provisions are expressly repealed by this Ordinance.
17. Any licence or any renewal thereof issued under any Validity of
licences enactment repealed by section 18 and in force when such repeal ismed takes effect shall be deemed to be and shall continue in force unless under
repealed sooner revoked or cancelled until the expiration of the period for quaclments, which it was issued as if it had been issued under this Ordinance.
18. (1) The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, is repealed. Repeal.
(1 of 1879). (14 of 1901). (2) The Gunpowder and Fireworks Ordinance, rgor, and the Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Ordinance, 1923, are repealed. (3 of 1923).
18. Subsection (2) of section 5 and subsection (2) of section 18 shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor in Council may specify by order published in the Gazelle.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 25th day of July, 1956.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat 11/3231/54)
Commence-
ment uf set klons 5(2) and 18(2),