644
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
Conditional licence for exporting, &c., mor- phine and compounds of opium to certain countries.
Declaration
tion.
53.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Superintendent to grant licences to such persons as he may think fit to import for export and to export morphine and compounds of opium from the Colony to such countries as do not prohibit the import of morphine and compounds of opium.
(2.) Any such licence may be revoked by the Governor- in-Council at his discretion without assigning cause.
(3.) There shall be paid to the Government for each such licence an annual fee of two dollars.
(4.) The conditions of such licences shall be determined by regulations made by the Governor-in-Council and pub- lished in The Gazette.
(5.) Any person importing for export or exporting mor- phine or any compound of opium to or from the Colony without such licence shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
(6.) If the holder of any such licence does not comply with the conditions of the licence he shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
(7.) The holder of any such licence shall at the time of importation and also at the time of exportation of morphine or any compound of opium truly declare before the Super- intendent the places or ports of destination of such mor- phine or compound of opium and no licensee or other person shall thereafter break bulk or otherwise gain access to such morphine or compound of opium prior to the exportation thereof. Any such licensee or other person violating the provisions of this sub-section shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
(8.) If the Superintendent is not satisfied that the shipment of morphine or compounds of opium is being made in accordance with the regulations of the place or port of destination he shall refuse to allow the export thereof.
(9.) This scetion shall not apply to morphine or com- pounds of opium in transit through the Colony under a through bill of lading without transhipment to the ultimate place or port of destination,
54. Every licensee under sections 51 and 53 of this on importa- Ordinance shall on the importation of morphine or any compound of opium truly declare before the Superintendent the amount of morphine or opium contained therein and any such licensee making a false declaration in this regard shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
Morphine or compounds
transit.
55. Any master of a vessel carrying morphine or com- pounds of opium in transit through the Colony under a of opium in through bill of lading, who shall discharge such morphine or compounds of opium in the Colony without declaring the same to the Superintendent, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.
Exemptions.
Bonded
warehouses for mor- phine and compounds of opiuni.
Regulations,
Appoint-
ment of
Excise
56. The Governor-in-Council may at his discretion exempt any medicine containing morphine or opium or any compound of opium manufactured locally or imported from Europe, America, or any British Colony from the provi- sions of this Ordinance; the name and description of any medicine so exempted shall be published in The Gazette.
57. The Governor shall establish one or more bonded warchonses for the use of dealers in morphiné and com- pounds of opium imported for exportation and not for use or sale in the Colony and all such morphine and compounds of opium shall be stored in such warehouse or warehouses,
58. The Governor-in-Council-may from time to time make, vary and rescind regulations with regard to the storage and removal of morphine and compounds of opium in aud from such warehouses, to the payment of charges for storage therein and to such other purposes as the Governor-in- Council may deem desirable and such regulations when published in The Gazette shall have the force of law.
PART IV.
GENERAL. Excise Officers.
59.-(1.) The Governor may from time to time appoint, in the Form No. 1 in Schedule B to this Ordinance, such agents or servants of the Opium Farmer or other persons as may be approved of by him to act as Excise Officers- Form No. 1, under this Ordinance.
Officers.
Schedule B:
2
A
i
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.