Regulations.
First Schedule.
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3.--(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make regulations for any of the following purposes :--
(a) to determine the prices at which prepared opium may be sold to the public;
(b) to regulate the management of places for the sale of prepared opium ;
(c) to prescribe the fees, if any. to be payable for licences, permits and authorities issuable under this Ordin-
ance;
(d) to alter or add to any of the forms in the First Schedule:
(e) generally, to prohibit or control the importation, ex- portation, manufacture, sale, possession, movement, dis- tribution, and smoking of opium, and the dealing in opium.
(2) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be laid on the table of the Legislative Council at the first meet- ing thereof held after the publication in the Gazette of the making of such regulations, and if a resolution is passed at the first meeting of the Legislative Council held after such regulations have been laid on the table of the said Council resolving that any such regulation shall be rescinded, or amended in any manner whatsoever, the said regulation shall, without prejudice to anything done thereunder, be deemed to be rescinded, or amended, as the case may be. as from the date of publication in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.
Prohibition of, posses- sion of, and dealing in raw opium.
PART II.
RAW OPIUM.
4.-(1) No person shall, whether on his own behalf or on behalf of other
any person buy or sell, or supply or procure, or offer to supply or procure, or otherwise deal in or offer to deal in, any raw opium, whether such raw opium be in the Colony or elsewhere, and whether it be ascertained or appropriated or in existence or not, and, whether it be intended that it should be imported into the Colony or not. and no person shall import or export any raw opium or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing or exporting any raw opium, or have any raw opium in his possession.
(2) Subject to the obtaining of a licence granted by the Colonial Secretary before importation, any raw opium which is imported by water, from a place from which such raw opium may by the law of that place legally be exported, under a through bill of lading for any place into which such raw opium may by the law of that place legally be imported, may be imported into the Colony, and may be exported to such place, provided that the following conditions are com- plied with:
(a) The ship on which the raw opium is imported shall proceed direct and forthwith to the harbour of Victoria, and shall forthwith enter such harbour.
(b) Full particulars as to the description, weight, con- signors, consignees and destination of the raw opium, and as
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