CO129-574-7 Proposal to revise legislation relating to opium reward fund 10-8-1938 - 17-10-1938 — Page 22

HONG KONG.

No. 36 OF 1932.

I assent.

W. PEEL,

L.S.

Governor.

2nd December, 1932.

An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance, 1932.

[2nd December, 1932.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Opium Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1932.

2. Section 10 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932, is amended Amendment by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof:

"Provided that such power of appointment is to be exercised only where local circumstances make the establish- ment of Government opium shops difficult.'

و,

of Ordinance No. 7 of 1932, s. 10.

of Ordinance

3. Sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Opium Ordin- Amendment ance, 1932, is amended by the deletion of the words "or a ordin passenger holding a permit under section 20.”

1932, s. 13.

4. The following sub-section is added at the end of Amendment section 13 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932:-

(3) No prepared opium or opium dross shall be sold or purchased otherwise than for cash.

of Ordinance No. 7 of 1932, s. 13.

5. The proviso to section 20 of the Opium Ordinance, Amendment 1932, is repealed.

6. Section 22 of the Opium Ordinance, 1932, is amended by the deletion of the words "other than the prepared opium specified in the proviso to section 20),"

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 1st day of December, 1932.

of Ordinance No. 7 of 1932, s. 20.

Amendment No. 7 of

of Ordinance

1932, s. 22.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Deputy Clerk of Councils,

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