184514-1931-Supplementary-Draft-Bills--Tobacco — Page 5

Restrictions

on dealings

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Movement and possession.

15. No person shall import, export, move, sell, buy, manufacture or have in his possession, custody or with tobacco. control any tobacco except in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and of all regulations made thereunder.

Route of

16.-(1) No tobacco shall be imported or exported importation except by sea or by the Railway, and except into such and exporta- ports or places as may be notified by the Governor.

tion.

Tobacco not to be allowed to be dis- charged except under a permit

or into a

general bonded

warehouse.

Tobacco

not to be

(2) No tobacco shall be imported from China into the New Territories: Provided that this sub-section shall not apply to tobacco which is imported by the Railway and which is not removed from the train anywhere except at Kowloon station.

(3) All tobacco imported by the Railway shall be consigned through to Kowloon by railway invoice.

(4) It shall be lawful for the Superintendent either generally or in any particular case to grant exemption from any of the provisions of this section.

17.-(1) The owners, charterers, agents, master and compradore of every ship shall not allow the discharge of any tobacco from the ship without a perinit unless the tobacco is delivered direct to the licensee of a general bonded warehouse or his servant for removal direct into a general bonded warehouse.

(2) If any tobacco is discharged from a ship without a permit and is not delivered direct to the licensee of a general bonded warehouse or his servant for removal direct into a general bonded warehouse, the owners, charterers, agents, master and compradore of the ship shail be deemed to have allowed the tobacco to be so discharged and shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance, unless it shall be proved to the court or magistrate that the tobacco was so discharged without the knowledge of the person charged and that such person had taken all reasonable precautions to prevent any such discharge.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, it shall be lawful for the master of any ship to permit the landing of any tobacco which forms part of the contents of a mail brought into the Colony by such ship, provided that such tobacco is landed for removal direct to the Post Office as part of such mail.

18.-(1) No person other than the licensee of a general bonded warehouse shall remove any tobacco removed from from any ship or from any Railway premises except under and in accordance with the conditions of a permit issued under this Ordinance, and if the licensee of a general bonded warehouse removes any tobacco from a ship or from any Railway premises without a permit he shall forthwith remove such tobacco direct into a general bonded warehouse.

a ship or from the Railway premises except under a permit or by the

licensee

of a

general bonded warehouse into such warehouse.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, it shall be lawful for the master of any ship to remove or cause to be removed to the Post Office any tobacco which forms part of the contents of a inail brought into the Colony by such ship, provided that such tobacco is removed direct from the ship to the Post Office as part of the contents of such mail.

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