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(i) for the sale of prepared opium to be smoked in such place; or

(ii) for the smoking of prepared opium where a fee or its equivalent is charged for such smoking or where any benefit or advantage whatever, direct or indirect, is derived by the keeper of such place in consequence of the smoking of prepared opium in such place.

(g) "Opium dross" means the residuum produced by Opium dross. smoking prepared opium.

(h) Any opium, implement, or other thing shall, for the Fossession. purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be in the possession of any person if he has such opium, implement, or thing in possession, custody or control, by himself or by any other person.

(i) "Person, except so far as relates to the imposition Person, of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm.

(1) "Prepared opium" includes every preparation of Prepared opium, and every substance in which opium forms an in- opium. gredient which preparation or substance is used or intended to be used for smoking, or for use as a substitute for smoking opium.

(k) "Preparing opium" includes-

(i) every act in the process or intended process of con- verting opium, or any substance or solution in which opium forms an ingredient, into prepared opium, and

(ii) the subjecting of opium, or of any substance or solution in which opium forms an ingredient, to any degree of artificial heat, for any purpose whatsoever.

Preparing opium.

(1) "Raw opium" means any kind of opium not prepared Raw opium. for smoking, chewing, swallowing or injecting and includes. the leaves or wrappings in which raw opium has been wrapped, but does not include opium dross.

(m) "Ship" includes every description of vessel used in Ship. navigation or for the carriage or storage of goods, and in- cludes all aircraft.

(n) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Im- Superin- ports and Exports.

tendent.

(o) "Wharf" includes every place used as a landing Wharf. place and every warehouse or place adjoining a landing place. or used in connexion therewith.

(2) "Corresponding law" in this Ordinance means any law stated in a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of any place outside the Colony to be a law providing for the control and regulation in that place of the manufacture, sale, use, export and import of opium in accordance with the provisions of the International Opium Convention signed at Geneva in 1925, and any state- ment in any such certificate as to the effect of the law men- tioned in the certificate, or any statement in any such certificate that any facts constitute an offence against that law, shall be conclusive. Any such certificate shall be admitted in evidence upon production by or on behalf of the Superintendent in any proceeding.