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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
[August 31.]
SECTION 1.
C. O.
35408
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.-(Received August 31.)
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and is directed by the Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of Secretary Sir E. Grey, a copy of the Act of the Canadian Legislature on the subject of opium.
Downing Street, August 29, 1908.
Inclosure in No. 1.
CHAPTER 50.—An Act to Prohibit the Importation, Manufacture, and Sale of Opium for other than Medicinal Purposes.
[Assented to the 20th July, 1908.]
IT IS enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, as follows:-
1. Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for three years, or to a penalty not exceeding 1,000 dollars and not less than 50 dollars, or to both, who imports for other than medicinal purposes, under Regulations to be established by the Department of Customs, any crude opium or powdered opium, or who manufactures, sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession for sale, for other than medicinal purposes, any crude opium or powdered opium, or who imports, manufactures, sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession for sale opium prepared for smoking.
2. It shall not be an offence under section 1 of this Act to sell or offer for sale, or have in one's possession for sale for other than medicinal purposes, opium in any of the said forms within six months after this Act comes into force, provided such opium is deposited in a customs bonded warehouse for export under Regulations to be established by the Minister of Customs.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
586
CHINA TRADE.
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CONFIDENTIAL.
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[30322]
No. 1.
[August 31.]
SECTION 1.
C. O.
35408
Colonial Office to Foreign Office.-(Received August 31.) REC THE Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies presents his compliments to the 8
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and is directed by the Secretary of State to transmit, for the information of Secretary Sir E. Grey, a copy of the Act of the Canadian Legislature on the subject of opium.
Downing Street, August 29, 1908.
Inclosure in No. 1.
CHAPTER 50.—An Act to Prohibit the Importation, Manufacture, and Sale of Opium for other than Medicinal Purposes.
[Assented to the 20th July, 1908.]
ITIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:-
1. Every person is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for three years, or to a penalty not exceeding 1,000 dollars and not less than 50 dollars, or to both, who imports for other than medicinal purposes, under Regulations to be established by the Department of Customs, any crude opium or powdered opium, or who manufactures, sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession for sale, for other than medicinal purposes, any crude opium or powdered opium, or who imports, manufactures, sells, or offers for sale, or has in his possession for sale opium prepared for smoking.
2. It shall not be an offence under section 1 of this Act to sell or offer for sale, or have in one's possession for sale for other than medicinal purposes, opium in any of the said forms within six months after this Act comes into force, provided such opium is deposited in a customs bonded warehouse for export under Regulations to be established by the Minister of Customs.
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