CO129-524-9 Opium Amendment Ordinance 1930 23-1-1930 - 11-8-1930 — Page 25

(a)

8.

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This is inserted because it is necessary in

the charge to refer to some particular kind

of opium, e.g., prepared opium or raw opium.

It is expressly provided in sub-section (3)

that the presumptions of the section will not

be rebutted by more proof that the accused

never had physical possession of the opium

in question.

Section 37 of the principal Ordinance provided

that a certificate signed by the Superintendent as to

the character or quantity of any opiwa should be

conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein.

This was intended to obviate the necessity of calling

the analyst on every occasion. 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 certi ficate 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.

(Signed)

Attorney General.