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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 27, 1909.

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15. The master of any ship departing from the Colony Penalty on without the memorandum required by section of this master de- Ordinance (except in the case provided for by section 13) parting shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable MENJOJA- to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

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16. Except as provided in section 13 of this Ordinance, Movements no removal or movement of raw opium whatever under of raw opium sections 10 and 12 of this Ordinance shall be allowed under ss. 10 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m, from October to March, inclusive, or between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September, inclusive, unless the requisition mentioned in the said sections so states and unless the Superintendent in his discretion, in and by the permits mentioned in the said sectious, so direets,

offence against

17. Every person who offends against or does not comply. Penalty and with any of the provisions of sections 9, 10, 12. 13 and 16 forfeiture for of this Ordinance shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred certain dollars, and any raw opium imported, exported stored, or sections. moved, or attempted to be imported, exported, stored, or moved, contrary to the provisions of any of the foregoing sections shali Le seized and may be forfeited.

18.-(1.) Every importer of raw opium and person storing Keeping of the same shall keep a register, in such form as the Governor register by may require, showing the number of chests imported or importer and stored by him and bow and to whom they were disposed of.

(2.) Marks and Government numbers in the case of the Bengal drug shall be given, and such other marks or numbers, in the case of other sorts of raw opium as the Superintendent may require to be plare I upon them,

(3.) Every offence for non-compliance with the require- ments of this section shall be pamishable with a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars,

storer of raw opium.

demand from

19.--(1.) The Superintendent or his deputy shall be at Power to liberty at any time, and as often as he may think fit, to de- Superintend- mand in writing from every person having any raw opium ent to in his possession, custody, or control an account in writing holder of of the raw opium so beld at the time of such demand, and, opium in the case of chests, the marks and numbers, and the account of Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time stock. to enter the premises where such raw opium is and to inspect the same.

(2.) Every person who refuses to give such acconut or, without reasonable cause shown, to permit such entry, or gives a false or incorrect account, shall, on summary con» viction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty uot exceeding five hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terms and conditions mentioned in section 4 of this Ordinance.

20. If any raw opium is found, on a search authorized Search for under this Ordinance, to have been imported contrary to the deficiency provisious of this Ordinance, or to be missing from the place of opium. in which it was stored on importation or from the place where, according to the permit, it ought to be found stored, the person in whose possession such raw opium so imported may be found, or in whose name such raw opium so missing has been so stored, shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for every cliest of raw opium which is found to have been so imported or to be so missing.

Farmer.

21. If the Opium Farmer refuses or negle:ts, or without Penalty on sufficient cause unreasonably delays, to do any of the acts Opinn or things hereinbefore provided and required to be done by him, he shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a penalty for each such offence not exceeding - five hundred dollars.

22. The half of all fines inflicted by a Police Magistrate Payment of for smuggling raw opium into the Colony shall, when the fines to arrest and conviction are due to action taken by the Opium Farmer.

Opium

Farmer or his Excise Officers, be paid to the Opium Farmer, and the raw opium so seized shall be forfeited by the Magistrate and be adjudged to the Opium Farmer.

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