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cocaine, heroine and their respective
salts and of the substances referred to in
Article 14 of the Convention (Article 16).
(c) Opium-smoking and keeping of
opium dens (Article 17).
(d) Sale of raw or prepared opium
(Article 18).
(e) Illegal import into China in the
form of postal packages as well as the illegal transmission through the post offices from one place in China to another, of opium (raw or prepared) morphine, cocaine, heroine and their respective salts, and of
the other substances referred to in Article
14 of the Convention (Article 19).
19. What measures have been taken to make it an offence to be in illegal posses-
sion of the drugs specified in Article 20
of the Convention?
You will see that the replies to
these questions are as follows:-
1.
Straits
"Questions 16 - 19". No answera
are given to these questions as they do not
appear to concern the Straits Settlements." [Note: (It seems most likely that when Home Office get this, they will come back to us as they have in the case of Hong Kong
and North Borneo.
JC
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the replies to questions 1 and 13
supra".
17. 18. These questions do
not concern Hong Kong.
19. Please see answers to
questions 1, 7, 13 supra.
3. North Borneo
16 (a) No laws or
regulations beyond prohibition of export of opium in any form by Customs and Excise Notification
114 of 1920, which came into force on 6th April 1920. At the same time, previous to this, no export of opium to China has been permitted in the last 10 years, beyond a few parcels of Dross to Hong Kong. See forms IX and X sent in with questionnaire.
(b)
17.
Law above mentioned
has been effective.
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18.
Nil.
19.
Opium and Chander
Ordinance No.31of 1914, and Cocaine
Ordinance 23 of 1914.
2.
Hong Kong.
16. The necessary provisions are
included in the two Ordinances mentioned in
the
Gov/3846/21-22
adia fice
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