CO129-524-9 Opium Amendment Ordinance 1930 23-1-1930 - 11-8-1930 — Page 22

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

HONG KONG,

23rd January,1930.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No. 3 of 1930.

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1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance

intituled an Ordinance to amend further the Opium

Ordinance,1923, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance

is one which is not contrary to the Governor's

instructions.

2. This Ordinance is intended to fill up certain

minor lacunae which had been noticed in the statutory

provisions relating to the control of opium.

3.

Sections 2 and 3 of this Ordinance introduce

new definitions of the terms "exportation" and

"importation" which are based on those in the

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, as enacted by the

Dangerous Drugs Amendment Ordinance, 1928. The new

points are the following:-

(a) Aircraft are specifically referred to.

(b)

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Conveyance by mail is expressly mentioned.

The word "despatch" is introduced in order

to meet the possible though unlikely case

of contraband being thrown across the land

frontier.

4.