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Appendix.

EXTRACT FROM THE ÕPIUM Ordinance, 1914.

(No. 4 of 1911.)

8. No master of any ship shall allow any raw opium to be discharged from his ship except on produc- tion of a permit in Form No. 1 or in Forni No. 2 in the Schedule.

11. The Superintendent shall furnish the master of every ship carrying raw opium for export with a memorandum containing the particulars set forth in Form No. 4 in the Schedule and no ship carrying raw opium shall depart from the Colony without such me- morandum.

13. The master, owner, or agent of any ship by which opium may be imported shall within 4 hours after the arrival of such ship, or as soon thereafter as the Office of the Superintendent shall be open, furnish to the Superintendent a true and correct statement of all opium imported therein.

33. No person shall export or cause to be exported any prepared opium or dross opium from the Colony unless he shall have first obtained the permission in writing of the Superintendent. Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger from Hongkong to any coun- try or place not within the Colony of a quantity of pre- pared opium or dross opium, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding 5 mace for every day of duration of the voyage.

37.-(4.) Every revenue officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge of office to the person against whom he is acting.

38.-(1.) All police officers shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be revenue officers.

Searches, examinations, arrests and seizures. 39. Any revenue officer may board any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war) and remain on board as long as such ship remains in the Colony.

Duties of master before discharg ing raw opium,

Memorandum

of raw opium exported to be furnished to master, (by Superintendent

of Imports and Exports).

Duties of master, owner or agent alter arrival of ship.

Police to be deemed revenue officers.

Revenue officer may board and remain on ship.

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