CO129-505-11 Deleterious Drugs Ordinance 1927- proposed amendments 27-10-1927 - 9-11-1927 — Page 16

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Enclosure No. 1.

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No prosecution has been instituted under section 21(3) of the Opium Ordinance (Ordinance 30 of 1923) except in cases where the quantity of opium was great, where it was not mentioned in the ships manifest as cargo, even under a false declaration, where it was found concealed in a place on board to which only the crew had access, and where it

was considered that reasonable precautions had not been taken

by the officers to prevent its being brought on board or to

detect the place where it was concealed.

2.

The nature of the place of concealment in the

following actual instances would clearly justify prosecution

under the sub-section though this was not in many instances

possible owing to the opium having been removed before the

hiding place was discovered.

2. A hole cut in the engine floor, a door fixed and

covered over with a long plank which had no reason to be

there, and over which the engineer would walk many times a

day.

b. Part of the chief tank for drinking water cut off by

the formation of a large secret compartment for the stowage

of opium.

C.

The donkey boiler filled up with large packages of

opium and the manhole door of the boiler not properly screwed

home; the donkey boiler being generally used while in port

but occasionally not.

d. Part of a bunker cut off to form a partition for the

stowage of opium, the bulkhead being cut through, and a large

plate taken out, and so fitted as to serve as a door easily

removable, the cargo being specially stowed away from the

bulkhead to allow easy access and a secret door being made

in the floor of the engine room store to give access to the

door in the bulkhead.

e.