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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1927.

HONG KONG.

No. 16 OF 1927.

L.S.

I assent.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Officer Administering the Government.

28th October, 1927.

An Ordinance to amend the Liquors Consolida-

tion Ordinance, 1911.

[28th October, 1927.]

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 Liquors Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1927.

2. Section 2 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, Amendment 19H, is amended as follows:-

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911,

(a) The definition of the term dutiable li- s. 2.

quors" is amended by the deletion of the

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words and native wines and spirits".

(b) The definition of the term "intoxicating liquors is amended by the insertion of the words "and native wines and spits, immediately after the word perry

Possession

of dutiable

3. Section 59 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordi- Repeal of nance, 1911, is repealed and the following section is Ordinance substituted therefor :-

No. 9 of 1911, s. 59, and 59.-(1) No person shall have in his substitution

of new possession or under his control any dutiable liquors unless (a) he is expressly authorized to do so by or under this Ordinance and (b) he has discharged all the obligations with respect to the liquors in question imposed upon him by or under this Ordinance.

liquors, etc.

(2) No person shall have in his possession or under his control any intoxicating liquors which were imported, manufactured or pre- pared contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance or which came into his possession or control contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance.

(3) No person shall, on his own account or on behalf of another person, sell or offer for sale or buy or offer to buy any dutiable liquors which are stored elsewhere than in a general bonded or licensed warehouse, or in the ship in which they were imported, or on the licensed premises of the holder of a distillery or brewery licence.

(4) It shall be no defence to any charge under sub-section (1) or (2) that the pos- session or control of the accused was a joint possession or control.

section.

4. Section 65 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordi- Repeal of nance, 1911, is repealed.

Ordinance

No. 9 of 1911,

s. 65.

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