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Opium may not be sold to women, or to children

under 16 years of age.

The maximum quantity which any vendor may keep in

stock is 5 taels of prepared opium.

Opium- smoking establishments are prohibited by law,

and it is forbidden to conduct such establishments or to

Offences against this law are punishable and

use them.

are subject to summary judgment.

The opium police services, which used to be under

the authority of the chief officer of the port, were

transferred in 1923 to that of the Director of Finance.

The supervision of the opium traffic is now in the hands

of a superintendent, 4 treasury officials and 4 police

officers, who have to examine all cases of raw opium

imported by the concessionaire and all cages or bales

of prepared opium sent for export by the concessionaire

under the terms of his contract.

Travellers' luggage is liable to be searched by th

police, but it should be remembered that the passenger

traffic at Macao amounts to more than 1,000,000 persons

per year.

Merchant ships which have become suspect may be

searched by the representatives of the superintendent.

Captains of ships are bound to seize any raw opium

which is not entered in the slip's manifest as soon as the

learn of its existence, and they are bound to hand over

the opium so seized to the superintendent atacao.