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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hong Kong 27 th May,
193 2.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No
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of 193 2.
1. I have examined the accompanying Ordinance. intituled an
Ordinance to amend the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is
not contrary to the Governor's instructions.
2. The powers of prohibition and regulation of
importation and exportation contained in sections 3 and 4 of
the principal Ordinance appear to be limited to the
prohibition and regulation of specific articles.
3. It is considered desirable to increase these powers to
the extent indicated in the new section 4A.
4.
Al though the enforcement of the revenue laws of
foreign countries is not generally a matter which concerns the authorities and courts of any place (See 17 Halsbury para. 846) the activities of smugglers frequently result
in the imposition of fines on innocent shipowners, detention of their ships and the interference with discipline
among their crews, besides giving any port from which they
operate a bad name and causing the imposition of unnecessary
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