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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 28, 1910.

No. 338.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council:-

Ordinance No. 33 of 1910.—An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance,

1909.

Ordinance No. 34 of 1910.-An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the administration and regulation of the New Territories.

HONGKONG.

No. 33 or 1910.

An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance,

1909.

LS

F. H. MAY,

Officer Administering the Government.

[28th October, 1910.]

Short title and

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 Opium Ameud- ment (No. 2) Ordinance, 1910, and shall be read and construction. construed As one with the Opium Ordinance, 1909,

hereinafter referred to as "the Principal Ordinance".

Repeals proviso to section 49 of the

Principal Ordinance.

Repeals

section 54 of the

Principal

Ordinance and

substitutes

new section therefor.

2. The proviso to section 49 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed.

3. Section 54 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed and there shall be substituted therefor the following section :-

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"54.-(1.) On the importation of morphine or any com- pound of opium by a licensee under sections 51 and 53 of this Ordinance the said licensee or in cases where the licensee is a limited company the manager thereof shall before applying for or taking by himself or his servants delivery of the morphine or com- pound of opium make a declaration before the Superintendent stating the nature and amount of the goods to be imported.

(2.) Any person required to make a declaration under this section who fails to make a declaration or who makes a false declaration shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 27th day of October, 1910.

C. CLEMENTÍ,

Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 28th day of October, 1910.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

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