CO129-276 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1897 [6-8] — Page 42

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RECO (Reef 5 JUL 97,

REGULATIONS

Made by the Governor in Council under Section 7

of Ordinance

of 189

1. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall provide at his own expense two photographs of himself, of which one shall always remain affixed to his licence and the other shall be affixed to the counterfoil of the licence.

2. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall show his licence at all times to the Opium Farmer, Dross Opium Farmer, any Excise Officer, any Officer of the Police not being under the rank of Sergeant and any Officer of the Sanitary Board who may demand to inspect such licence.^

3. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall, hefore opening his divan to the public, enter into a bond with the Colonial Secretary in the sum of $

with two sureties for the due per- formance of all conditions endorsed on the Opium Divan Licence, of all Sanitary Bye-Laws affecting Opium Divans, and of these Regulations.

in advance;

4. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall pay an annual fee of $ if such fee be not paid within one calendar month from the date when it falls due, the Opium Divan Licence in respect of which the fee is in arrear shall be deemed to have been cancelled unless the Governor shall otherwise direct.

5. Opium Divans shall be divided into two classes, viz., First Class Divans in which Prepared Opium may be smoked, and Second Class Divans in which Dross Opium alone may be smoked.

6. No premises shall be licensed as an Opium Divan, unless situated on a ground floor, without the special permission of the Governor.

7. No Opium Divan shall have more than one entrance, nor any other exit than such entrance. Such entrance shall open upon a public thoroughfare only.

8. The penalty for the breach of any of Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 7 of these Regulations shall be a sum not exceeding $25.