191958-1932-Supplementary-Bill-read-a-first-time--Opium — Page 1

282

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 96. The following Bill was read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 17th March, 1932 :--

C.S.O. 4667/31.

[No. 41-3.3.32.-4.]

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to

opium

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

PART I.

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

Divan keeper.

'Exporta tion.

Implement.

Importation.

Opium.

Opinn divan.

PRELIMINARY.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Opium Ordinance, 1932.

2. (1) In this Ordinance,

(a) "Divan keeper' means the occupier or person having the use temporarily of any opium divan, or any person having or appearing to have the care or management of such place, and also any person who acts in any manner assisting in conducting the business of any such place or keeping watch in or about the same.

(b) "To export" means to carry or otherwise despatch out of the Colony or to cause to be carried or despatched out of the Colony and includes the conveyance of opium out of the Colony by transit mail or any other mail and the carriage out of the Colony of opium which was carried into the Colony by water or by air and which is carried out of the Colony on the same ship or aircraft on which it was carried into the Colony with or without any landing or tran- shipment.

(c) "Implement" means any vessel, utensil, instrument, or other thing which has been used, or which is probably intended to be used, for containing opium, or for preparing or aiding in preparing any opium, or for smoking opium.

(d) "To import" means to carry or otherwise despatch into the Colony or to cause to be carried or otherwise des- patched into the Colony and includes the conveyance of opium into the Colony by transit mail or any other mail and the carriage by water or by air into the Colony of opium which is intended to be carried out of the Colony on the same ship or aircraft on which it was carried into the Colony with or without any landing or transhipment.

(e) "Opium" includes raw opium, prepared opium, and opium dross, and every substance in which raw opium, prepared opium or opium dross forms an ingredient.

(f) "Opium divan" means any place opened, kept, or used---