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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 25, 1909.

HONGKONG.

No. 16 of 1909.

An Ordinance to amend The Prepared Opium

Ordinance 189!.

F. D. LUGARD,

LS

Governor.

[25th June, 1909.]

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Prepared Short title Opium Amendment Ordinance 1909" and shall be and con- read and construed as one with The Prepared Opium struction. Ordinance 1891 (hereinafter called The Principal Ordinance ”) and with The Prepared Opium Amendment Ordinance 1906 and The Prepared Opium Amendment Ordinance 1908, and this Ordinance and the said Ordin- anees may be cited together as "The Prepared Opium Ordinances 1891-1909 ".

2. Section 2 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Amendment amended :--

of section 2 of the Prin-

(a.) by the insertion in the first line of the cipal Ordin- definition of “Opium Divan" of the word ance. "boat" between the words "room" and

(b.) by the deletion in the first line of (2) of the definition of "Opium Divan" of the words "by the public";

(2.) by the deletion from the definition of

"Divan Farmer" of the following:-

“"Divan Farmer' means the holder, if any, for the time being of the exclusive pri- vilege of opening, carrying on, or licensing any class of opium divans" in the first, second, and third lines;

or no divan farmer" in the fourth line: "or the divan farmer, or either of them” in the ninth line.

(d.) by the addition of the following defini-

tions:

“Importer” means and includes any person who brings or causes to be brought by land or sea any opium into the Colony, and the owner, part owner, mortgagee, and ́pledgee of any opium brought by land or sea into the Colony by such person, and any agent who has authority to transfer ownership or possession or holds documents of title to such opinm; but does not include any shipowner or other common carrier who carries opium in the ordinary course of business for the importer thereof.

In the foregoing definition of "Importer" the word “opiuni” includes compounds of opium and morphine.

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