Licence issued by the Taotai of Police for Kwangtung.
An undertaking having been made by→→
Name
Age
Province and district
Residing at
Business
Daily consumption of opium
to break himself of the opium habit in on the
y
years, and the said received from the branch office at now produced and found in
having Licence order, we hereby issue to him this amended
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disobeying this will, if unprovided with a licence, be fined according to the above scale. If he possesses a licence, the fines will be halved.
The object of this Regulation is to prevent illicit opium dens.
5. Licences must be changed once a year, when the allowance of opium will be reduced by 20 per cent, It will be left to the smokers themselves to have their allowances reduced still further, or to reduce them themselves during the year. They must, however, report their action, in order that a check may be kept on the consumption of opium.
6. No duplicate of this licence will be issued, except when the original has been Jost by accident. When applying for a duplicate, the holder must produce a guarantee from some respectable shop. This licence must be kept in a safe place and great care taken. If wrongly lent to another person, it will be confiscated and a fine of 10 dollars inflicted.
7. Should the holder of this licence change his residence, he must present his licence to the proper office to be stamped. No charge is made for this inspection and stamping.
No. licence.
The holder of this licence must observe the Regulations set forth below, breach of which will be punished by confiscation of the licence and arrest and fine. disobey. Most important.
Do not
First reduction,
This licence is issued to
taels,
mace,
candareens.
Date
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Regulations to be observed by the Holder of this Licence.
1. The holder of this licence may proceed with the licence to any prepared-opium shop and purchase the amount endorsed hereon. Only one purchase per day may be made, and the allowance specified may not be exceeded. The opium shop must at the time of purchase put its chop on the back of the licence against the proper date. Buying opium without a licence so as to make more than one purchase, not stamping the register on the back, selling opium to a customer after one shop has affixed its chop will be punished by fines as follows:-
For every mace
Above 5 candareens
Below 5 candareens
Above 1 mace, in proportion.
Both parties will be punished and fines doubled for a second offence.
Dollars.
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2
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2. Should the holder of this licence remove to a distant locality, he must take with him his licence and present it to be inspected and sealed by the branch office or local authority before he will be allowed to buy opium, Should he fail to report himself as above, he will be subjected to a fine at one-half the above scale.
Note. Should there be no branch office or local authority, the inspection may be made by a police or li-kin station, branch of the Anti-Opium Society, or the village Elders.
3. No charge is made for this licence. Any one who smokes without holding a licence will, if the quantity is ascertained, be fined according to the scale of Regulation 1. If the quantity is not known, he will be deemed to be guilty of a "petty" offence, and liable to forty blows of the lighter bamboo, which, by the new Law of 1905, may be redeemed by a fine of 2 Laels. Should he not pay the fine, he will be imprisoned with hard labour for one week. In any case, he will be obliged to submit to the Regulations.
4. At entertainments on the occasion of marriages, deaths, &c., the guests must not be supplied with opium. Should a guest provided with a licence desire to smoke, he must first report to the local official, but permission will only be given to individuals, and several persons will not be allowed to assemble together for smoking. Any one
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