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Amendment of

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section. 13.

Amendment of westion 63.

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Section 53 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) in the definition of "adulterated liquor" by inserting after para-

graph (c) the following-

"(d) beer mixed with water in course of its manufacture by a person licensed under section 17 to manufacture such beer:"

(6) by inserting after the definition of "Chinese type spirits" the

following

*

"declaration vessel" means a vessel of a type approved by the Director for use in the assessment of duty on worts:"* and

(c) by deleting_the_definition of ""liquor", "alcoholic liquor".

“spirituous liquor" or "spirit"" and substituting the following

"liquor”, “alcoholic liquor", "spirituous liquor" or "spirit" means any liquid which contains more than 1.2% of ethyl alcohol by volume except denatured spirits or spirits contained in pharmaceutical products regiolerod under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.".

Pharmacy

(Cap. 138)

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Section 63 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in subsection (2) by inserting after "on the worts" the following-

", which shall be collected for that purpose in a declaration vessel,"; and

(b) by inserting after subsection (2) the following-

*(3) Where any worts in respect of which duty is assessed under subsection (2) are treated thereafter by the brewer by any process so that the original gravity, as determined by the Government Chemist for the purposes of this subsection, of the beer produced after that process is completed is less than the relevant degree of original gravity, the duty may be re- assessed according to the quantity of the beer se produced and its original gravity as so determined by the Government Chemist; and for the purposes of this subsection "relevant degree of original gravity" means the lowest degree of original gravity specified in respect of beer in a resolution under section 4 by virtue of which such duty is payable.”,

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council/this 9th day of July

No. 47 or 1980

An Pelinsnes to amend the Education Onlin

I assent

Governo

10 July 15

1980.

Clerk the Legiative, buncil.

This printed impression has been carefully compofed by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a trge an printed copy of the said h

and

correctly

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Clerk to the Legislative Council.