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(6) the insertion, after the definition "licensed premises”, of the
following definition—
***manufacture" includes process, compress, liquefy or otherwise alter the nature or form of any substance;”,
The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after section 3, of the following new section—
3.
Addition of new section 3.A.
"Analysis of goods.
Repeal and replacement
of section 1.
Amendment of section 9.
Amendment
34. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the Director of Medical and Health Services may authorize in writing any person, in addition to the Government Chemist, to carry out the analysis of any goods and to sign any certificate relating thereto.".
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4. Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Licence
required
for manu facture, etc. of dangerous goods,
(Cap. 238).
5.
5.
Except under and in accordance with a licence granted under this Ordinance, no person shall manufacture, store, convey or use any dangerous goods:
Provided that, except as may be otherwise provided by regulations made under section 4. nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to any dangerous goods-
(a) while in the course of transit as cargo in any
vessel, aircraft or vehicle: or
(b) while being loaded into or discharged from any vessel by any person or his servants or agents, licensed for that purpose under this Ordinance; or (c) while being loaded onto or discharged from any
aircraft or vehicle; or
(d) in respect of which any valid licence or permit authorizing possession thereof and issued pursuant to any of the provisions of the Amis and Anımuni- dion Ordinance relates, or in respect of which any exemption from the provisions of that Ordinance has been granted.".
Section 9 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the dele- tion of the words "or the Director of Fire Services" and the substitution therefor of the following-
" the Director of Fire Services or the Commissioner of Mines".
6.
Section 10 of the principal Ordinance is amended, in subsec- of section 10. tion (1), by the deletion of the words "the rank of sub-officer" and the
substitution therefor of the following-
"the rank of assistant station officer and any officer of the Mines Department not below the rank of explosives officer,”.
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7. Section 11 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the dele- Amendment tion of the words "to the Commissioner of Police and".
of section 11,
of section 12.
Section 12 of the principal Ordinance is amended. in subsec- Amendment tion (3), by the deletion of paragraph (6) and the substitution therefor of the following-
"(b) wilfully or recklessly gives false information or withholds information, as to the source from which any dangerous goods were obtained or as to the manufacturs, conveyance, storage, packing, labelling or use of any dangerous goods.".
9.
The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition, after Addition of section 15. of the following new section-
“Admissibi- lity in
evidence of Government
Chemises certificate.
15A. In any prosecution for & contravention of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or in any proceedings for the forfeiture of any goods to which this Ordinance applies
(a) a certificate purporting to be signed by the Government Chemist shall, unless he is called as
a witness, be prima facie evidence of the matters therein stated; and
(b) when any such certificate bears the same number or mark as a sealed package or container pro- duced by the prosecution at the hearing, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed that the certificate relates to the contents of that package or container.".
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 12th day of February, 1964, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
(Secretariat GR37/3231/56)
Crustari.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
new section
ISA.