1929: see also sections 7, 24 and
25 of this Ordinance.
(c) Paragraph (13) of section 2 of the
principal Ordinance provides inter
alia that in the case of Chinese
spirits 7 catties are to be treated
as equivalent to one imperial gallon.
This provision is repealed for two
reasons. One is that there is no
standard catty.
The other is that
the volume of a catty's weight of
spirit increases as the alcoholic
strength increases.
The result,
3.
therefore, of the provision now
repealed was that the stronger a
spirit was the lower was the duty
payable on it.
(d) The new paragraph (20A) defines
"Person" in the same language as in
the Tobacco Ordinance, 1916, Ordinance
No.10 of 1916.
(e) Paragraph (29) is amended so as to
give an Assistant Superintendent of
Imports and Exports the same power
and rights as the Superintendent.
Section 3 of this Ordinance adds to section
3(1) of the principal Ordinance the additional
offence of possession by an unlicensed person of any
fermenting or fermented material without lawful
authority or excuse. The other amendment effected
by section 3 is in conformity with Government
Notification No. 159 of the 18th March, 1927, which,
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