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in-Council, and the way in which those powers have been exercised will be seen from the Ordersin-Council, which are referred to in more detail below.

Section 5 makes the issue of permits and licences dis- cretionary and provides that conditions may be imposed on the granting of any permit or licence,

Sections 6 and 7 provide for the forfeiture of bonda and deposits.

Sectana 8 gives powers of arrest, search, seizure, re- moval and detention.

Section 9 makes certain documents prima facie evidence in certain cases. These provisions are adopted from simi- lar provisions in the Certificates of Origin Ordinance, 1915, and the Declarations of Ultimate Destination Ordinance, 1915.

Section 10 gives the Governor-in-Council power to re- lax the provisions of the Ordinance,

Settions 11 and 12 deal with tile question of offences and penalties.

Sections 13 and 14 are saving clauses.

Ordersin-Council.

The general scheme of the Ordersis that no article

can be imported or exorted except under either a permit or

a licence.

The permits and the rules relating there to are for the most part self explanatory,

The special objects of the import licence, which it

is proposed to issue to shipowners, are tireefold; -

(a)

To prevent the carriage of cargo aimed at by the

White and Black List system;

(b)

To protect shipowners where the importers (in the

natural sense) have not obtained their import per-

mits