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C.S.O. 717/1919 II.

A BILL

INTITULED

[No. 22-10.7.34.-3.]

An Ordinance to amend further the Dangerous Goods

Ordinance, 1873.

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

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Goods Short title. Amendment Ordinance, 1934.

2. Section 2 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, Amendment is amended by the deletion of the words

'an order of" in of Ordin- the fourth line of paragraph (b) thereof.

ance No. 1 of 1873, s. 2.

of Ordin-

3. Sub-section (1) of section 5 of the said Ordinance is Amendment amended by the insertion of the following paragraph ance No. 1 immediately after paragraph (f) thereof:-

(ff) for prescribing the labels to be attached or affixed to dangerous goods or other methods of marking such goods:

of 1873, s. 5.

4. Section 9 of the said Ordinance is repealed and the Substitution following section substituted:

9.--(1) Where any dangerous goods—

(a) are sent or conveyed by land or water between any two places in the Colony; or

(b) are sold or exposed for sale ;

the drum, tin, case or other package containing them shall have attached thereto the label, if any, prescribed by the Governor in Council under this Ordinance in respect of such goods.

(2) All dangerous goods which are sent, conveyed, sold or exposed for sale in contravention of this section shall, together with the drum, tin, case or other package containing the same, be forfeited, and, in addition, the person sending, conveying, selling or exposing for sale the same shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

for Ordin- ance No. 1

of 1873, s. 9.

Label on container of dangerous goods.

5. Sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 10 of the said Substitution Ordinance are repealed and the following sub-sections are sub- for Ordin- stituted therefor:

ance No. 1

of 1873, ss. 10 (1)

(1) Save in respect of dangerous goods carried as cargo and 10 (5). in ships to which section 8 applies, and save as hereinafter mentioned or as may be provided by regulations made under section 5, no person shall have in his possession, custody or