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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 15, 1932. 49

Customs Aerodromes.

117. The Government Aerodrome is approved as a Customs aerodrome.

Arrival at and Departure from Customs Aerodromes.

118. An aircraft entering the Colony from a place outside the Colony shall not land in the Colony for the first time in any journey except at a Customs aerodrome.

Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where an aircraft is compelled to land before arriving at a Customs aerodrome, owing to accident, stress of weather, or unavoidable cause, in which event the procedure laid down in paragraph 134 of this section shall be followed.

119. No aircraft shall fly to a place outside the Colony unless its place of final. departure is a Customs aerodrome.

Provided that this paragraph shall not apply where an aircraft is compelled to land after leaving a Customs aerodrome owing to accident, stress of weather, or unavoidable cause; in this event the provisions of paragraph 132 of this section shall be complied with.

120. (1) No person in any aircraft entering the Colony shall carry or allow to be carried in the aircraft any goods the importation of which is prohibited by any law for the time being in force in the Colony.

(2) No person in any aircraft leaving the Colony shall carry or allow to be carried in the aircraft any goods the exportation of which is prohibited by any law for the time. being in force in the Colony.

(3) No person in any aircraft entering the Colony shall break or alter any seal placed upon any part of the aircraft or upon any goods therein by a customs officer at the aerodrome from which he departed for the Colony.

121. An aircraft shall not enter or leave the Colony having any secret or disguised place adapted for concealing goods.

Arrival at Customs Aerodrome.

122. The pilot of an aircraft arriving at a Customs aerodrome from a place outside the Colony shall, on landing, forthwith take his aircraft to the examination station at that aerodrome.

Provided that a pilot shall not be deemed to have contravened or failed to comply with this direction if he proves that circumstances over which he had no control prevented him from taking his aircraft to the examination station, and that, after the report required by paragraph 123 of this section has been duly made by him, all goods carried in the said aircraft were removed to the examination station in the presence of an officer of the Customs.

123. Within twenty-four hours after the landing at any Customs aerodrome of an aircraft from a place outside the Colony the pilot shall-

(a) make a report to the proper officer of Customs in the form prescribed by the

Superintendent; and

(b) truly furnish the several particulars required by such form; and

(c) deliver to such officer with such report his journey log-book, manifest and declaration of the goods on board his aircraft signed by the proper customs officer at the aerodrome from which he departed for the Colony; and

(d) land at such aerodrome for examination of baggage all passengers carried in such aircraft, and, after making such reports, shall produce, and, if required to do so, shall land, all goods in such aircraft for examination.