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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 17, 1933.

(3) An appeal to the Governor in Council shall lie from any refusal by the Inspector General of Police to grant such licence or in respect of the cancellation by him of any such licence.

(4) The fee payable for such licence shall be that Second

mentioned in the Second Schedule.

Schedule.

of carrying

4.-(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) to Prohibition (9) inclusive, no person shall, except under and in accordance or possessing with a licence issued for the purpose under this Ordinance, arms or carry or have in his possession or under his control any arms without a or ammunition.

(2) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any exempted person.

or

(3) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms ammunition which are in the possession of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, or to any arms or ammunition which are the property of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, and which are duly in the possession or under the control of some person on behalf of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong with the knowledge and consent of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of Hong Kong, as the case may be.

(4) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammuni- tion on board any ship which in the opinion of the Governor, as certified by the Colonial Secretary, is a ship of war of any foreign state.

(5) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms or ammunition consigned to some place outside the Colony and in transitu on any vessel as bonû fide cargo and entered on the manifest.

or

(6) Sub-section (1) shall not apply to any arms ammunition on board any junk or other similar vessel, if such arms and ammunition are described and enumerated in the licence or clearance of such junk or other similar vessel, and are reasonably necessary for the protection of such junk or other similar vessel.

(7) Sub-section (1) shall not apply so as to prevent the owner or master of any vessel, other than such vessels as are referred to in sub-section (6), from having on board such arms and ammunition as are reasonably necessary for the protection of such vessel, but this exemption shall not apply in the case of any vessel (a) which regularly includes in its ports of call any place on the east coast of Asia between Vladivostok and Singapore inclusive, or any place on any river flowing into the sea on the east coast of Asia between Vladivostok and Singapore, or any place in Formosa, and (b) the usual extreme trading limits of which do not extend beyond the places specified above.

(8) Where arms and ammunition, the property of a licensed or exempted person, are carried by or are found in the possession of his agent or servant, under bonâ fide instructions so to carry or possess the same for him and on his behalf temporarily for any lawful purpose, such carriage, or possession shall be deemed carriage or possession by the licensed or exempted person.

ammunition

licence.

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