CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 602

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1 of 1879. Section 8 of Ordinance 2 of 1858

was

1879

а

it was

·left as it

was

passed.

Section VI.

The

increase of fines

was

found necessary by the Magistrates, and

before Ordinance 1 of

the

Section VII of Ordinance 2 of 1858

By certificate

every

case

Mas

required to be

given

in

the

of sale of prepared opium. By the Amendments introduced into that Section now we have got notice which the Secretary of State suggested, and then section IV renders the Certificate worthless as a

protection to the

possessor of prepared opium after the

limited time.

Section & of the present Ordinance

brings

into

force

the Amendment

as

to

the words "boiled or "previously introduced

by Section 6 of Ordinance I of 1879.

Opium. the Straits Settlements the fines

Farmer pointed out that in

Avere

up

to $500 and $1000 ( Sec. Straits Settlements Ordinance 4 of 1870 Section 7 and 15 of 1871 and 6 of 1879.)

Section VII repeals Section V of No.1 of

1879 as it too contained many faults -

given period is inserted in the substituted clause instead of the indefinite expression

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at or near the end of his term " and it arbitration in case

was obvious that an

of differences could only be properly hold after the end of the term of the outgoing

-farmer instead of "at or before"."

Full

is now made

provision is