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(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.

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 Sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 10 of the said Substitution Ordinance are repealed and the following sub-sections are sub- for Ordin- stituted therefor :-

(1) Save in respect of dangerous goods carried as cargo 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 control, or in the possession, custody or control of any servant, agent, or warehouse owner, any dangerous goods except in pursuance of licence granted by the Inspector General of Police.

(5) If any person has dangerous goods in his possession, custody or control, or in the possession, custody or control of any servant, agent or warehouse owner, in contravention of this section, such dangerous goods shall, together with the drums, tins, cases or other packages containing the same, be liable to forfeiture, and in addition such person shall be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months and to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, and further such person shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars a day for each day after the first day during which such goods are proved to have been in his possession, custody or power or in the possession on his behalf of any servant, agent or warehouse owner.

ance No. 1 of 1873, ss. 10 (1) and 10 (5).

Objects and Reasons.

1. The amendments to be enacted by this Ordinance are necessitated in the main by the recent drafting of a new and complete code of "dangerous goods" regulations to which the Chamber of Commerce has agreed and which are to be made by the Governor in Council under section 5 of the principal Ordinance.

2. Clause 2 omits as redundant the words "an order of" from section 2 of the principal Ordinance. It is quite sufficient to require no more than a declaration by the Governor in Council to make any goods "dangerous”.

Cf. the amendment to section 40 (2) of the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, effected by the Interpretation Amendment Ordinance, 1927.

3. Clause 3 substitutes for paragraph (f) of section 3 (1) a new paragraph enabling regulations to be made for the test- ing of dangerous goods and petroleum containers, and inserts in the same sub-section a new paragraph (ff) allowing provi- sion by regulation for the labelling or otherwise marking of dangerous goods. Such labelling is a feature of the new regulations which are already in print.