CO129-524-9 Opium Amendment Ordinance 1930 23-1-1930 - 11-8-1930 — Page 19

occasion.

be rebutted by mere proof that the accused

never had physical possession of the opium in

question.

8. Section 37 of the principal Ordinance provided that

a certificate signed by the Superintendent as to the

character or quantity of any opium should be conclusive

evidence of the facts stated therein. This was intended

to obviate the necessity of calling the analyst on every

The section was, however, defective, because it

made no provision for connecting any particular certificate

with any particular lot of opium. Section 7 of this

Ordinance repeals the above section and substitutes a new

section which, with the new form of certificate added to the

principal Ordinance by section 8 of this Ordinance, will

enable the certificate to be connected with the opium to

which it relates, by means of the officer who receives the

opium from the analyst and produces it in court.

9. In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His

Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of

His Majesty and on His behalf.

Attorney General.

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