THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
(3.) No person shall have in his possession within the Colony any dross opium without the knowledge and con- sent of the Dross Farmer.
(4.) No person, except a Dross Farmer or a duly licensed person under this Ordinance, shall, within the Colony, collect opium dross or halan or have in his posses- sion, without the knowledge and consent of the Dross Farmer or his licensees, any opium dross or halau, except such as may be the result of his own smoking or of smoking on his own premises (the burden of proof whereof shall lie on such person), and such opium dross or balan shall in no case exceed two taels in weight: Provided that when any person has in his possession any such opium dross or halan in excess of two taels weight, and gives notice thereof to the Dross Farmer, the Dross Farmer shall purchase the same at a fair and reasonable rate.
(5.) No person shall have in his possession any opium dross or halan except such as results from smoking the Opinm Farmer's prepared opium or dross opium.
(6.) No person shall sell any opium dross or halan except to the Opium Farmer or Dross Farmer.
36. It shall be unlawful for the Opium Farmer, his Exportation licensees or any other persons whomsoever to export or cause of prepared to be exported prepared opium or dross opium from the opium to Colony to China or French Indo-China or to any country French which prohibits the import of prepared opium or dross Indo-China opium.
prohibited.
Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger by steamer from Hongkong to China or French Indo-China or to any such country as aforesaid of a quantity of prepared opium or dross opium, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding five mace for every day of duration of the voyage.
Provided also that the names of all countries which prohibit the import of prepared opium or dross opium shall be notified in The Gazette.
China or
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37. No person shall export any prepared opium or Export to dross opium from the Colony to any country or place to countries to which it is lawful to export the same except he shall first which it is obtain the permission in writing of the Superintendent who export. may require such particulars of destination, mode of des- patch or otherwise as he may deem necessary.
Sale of Prepared Opium.
38.-(1.) No person, except the Opium Farmer, shall Unlicensed prepare opium within the Colony.
(2.) No person, except the Opium Farmer and any duly licensed person under this Ordinance, shall sell or offer or expose for sale any prepared opium or dross opium.
preparation of opium.
(3.) No person except the Opium Farmer or Dross Unlicensed Farmer or any person duly licensed under this Ordinance sale of pre- to deal in or prepare dross opium shall deal in or prepare pared opium. any dross opium.
Provided that no trader in opium shall be prevented from bona fide testing samples of opium covered by a certificate under the proviso to section 6 of this Ordinance and keeping the same for the purposes of his trade, the burden of proof whereof shall in each case be upon any person alleging the same in his defence.
etc.
39.-(1.) Every person selling prepared opium, shall Sale of pre- deliver therewith a certificate, in English or Chinese, in pared opium. such form as the Governor may from time to time approve, specifying the date of the sale, the name of the pur- chaser, and the quantity sold.
(2.) The certificate shall be issued from books provided with counterfoils, and both the certificates and the counter- foils shall bear corresponding and consecutive printed numbers.
(3.) The certificate shall be stamped by the seller with the stamp used by him in carrying on his business, and shall be evidence of the facts therein stated; and shall not be transferable.
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