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II.

Colonies and Protectorates (other than

those of the Far East)..

(a).

19.12.

During 1913 and 1914 legislation

carrying out the requirements of the Hague Opium Convention of 1912 was, by instructions from the Secretary of State, prepared in all Colonies and

Protectorates except Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States, Hong Kong and Weihaiwel (as to which see section III below), and Cyprus,

where legislation adequate to meet the case was

already in existence, In the majority of cases

the local Ordinances contained a suspending clause

which provided that the Ordinance should not be

brought into effective force until a date to be

notified later by Proclamation or otherwise.

(b) Consequent upon the signing of the

Treaty of Versailles, clause 295 of which provides

for the bringing into force of the Hague Opium

Convention, the Secretary of State in January, 1920,

directed the officers Administering the Governments

of all the Colonies and Protectorates concerned to

issue the Proclamation or take the other necessary

steps required to make the local Ordinance effective.

This step has now been taken, in all cases and

legislation giving effect to the terms of the

Convention is now in force in the following Colonies

and Protectorates:-

Antigua

Bermuda

Barbados

British Guiana

British Honduras

Dominica

Falkland Islands

Mal ta

Gibraltar

Gambia

Gold Coast

Sierra Leone

Nigerie

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