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importation for exporting Morphine or other opium compounds.
14.
Section 3 m, repeals Section 59 of the old Opium Ordinance 1909`and which enacts it in a slightly different form providing for the appointment by the Governor of such agents of the Opium Farmer as he the Goverñör ̄mãy ̈ approve or other persons similarly approved as Excise officers`under” the
Mat Ordinance and providing the security for the integrity of such persons-ap- pointed i ebber Man the Opium Farmer's agents may be required by the Gow-
ernor.
15.
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Section 3 n, adds"Revenue Officers to Police and Excise Officers-who have power Under Sections 67, 68 and 69 of the old Opium Ordinance 1909 to arrest persons suspected of conveying or having in their pössessiön ópíum ́i contravention of the Ordinance, and to search on reasonable suspicion ships or other places where it is thought that opium ̈is ̈illégally concealed.
16.
Section 3 o, alters Section 73 of the old Opium Ordinance 1909- só far the destination of forfeited opium is concerned;~~under the new provisions in some cases forfeited opium ́may be adjudged to the Opium Farmer whilst
others it is fèrfeited to the Crown.
17.
Section 3 ́p, increases the penalty contained in Section 76 of the old Opium Ordinance 1909 which dealt with the secret concealment of opium on a
ship;
it also makes a slight formal amendmentTM consequential upon the re- arrangements enacted as to forfeiture in Sections 3,0.-
18. Section q, makes a formal amendment consequential upon the re-arran
to forfeiture referred to above.
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19. Section 3 r, alters the provisions of Section 78 of the old Opium Ori nance under which it was provided that forfeited opium shall not be sold i the Colony except to the Opium Farmer during the currency of the lease at The new arrangement provides that any opli the time of such forfeiture.
A forfeited to the Crown other than Raw Opium shall be sold in the Colony except to the Opium Farmer during the currency` of his lease existing`at t time of such forfeiture and that no Raw Opium shall be sold in the Colony except for export or to the Opium Farmer during the similar period. 20. Section 3 s, increases the penalties provided-in-SectionTM84^of the © Opium Ordinance 1909 which dealt with punishment for offences nöt ̄specifi cally provided for in the Ordinance.
21.
Section 3 t, makes some formal amendments consequential upon the re arrangement as to forfeiture of Opium indicated abové,
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22.
23.
Section 3
u, makes the necessary amendment in the forms consequential
upon the new Sections 3c, d and e.
90 Section 4 of the Ordinance amends the Opium Amendment Ordinance `1910
firstly by adding a Penal section with increased penalties to Section 3
of that Ordinance which dealt with the illegal possession of Morphine or
Compounds of Opium and secondly repeals Section 4 of that Ordinance which
dealt with the allowance to passengers of a moderate quantity of opium
for personal consumption on board ship and which is now provided for in
Sections 3 i and j of the new Ordinance.
احمد
2 In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Gover-
nor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
S.P.
John a Buckmill
Attorney General.
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