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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 6, 1935.

HONG KONG.

No. 35 of 1935.

I assent.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

L.S.

Officer Administering the Government.

6th September, 1935.

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Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

Schedule, form A.

An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law relating to

dangerous drugs.

[6th September, 1935.]

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 Drugs Ordinance, 1935.

2.-(1) In this Ordinance,

(a) "Dangerous drug" means any drug to which this Ordinance shall for the time being apply.

(b) "Import authorization" means a licence, issued by a competent authority, authorizing the importation of a specified quantity of a dangerous drug and containing full particulars of the drug, together with the name and address of the person authorized to import the drug, the name and address of the person from whom the drug is to be obtained, and specifying the period within which the importation must be effected.

(c) "Import certificate" means a certificate, substantially in the form A set out in the Schedule hereto, issued by a competent authority in the country into which it is intended to import dangerous drugs.

(d) "Export authorization" means an authorization issued by a competent authority in a country from which a dangerous drug is exported. containing full particulars of such drug, and the quantity authorized to be exported. together with the names and addresses of the exporter and the person to whom it is to be sent, and stating the country to which, and the period within which, it is to be exported.

(e) "Diversion certificate" means a certificate issued by the competent authority of a country through which a dangerous drug passes in transit, authorizing the diversion of such drug to a country other than that specified as the country of ultimate destination in the export authorization and containing all the particulars required to be included in an export authorization together with the name of the country from which the consignment was originally exported.

(f) "Conveyance" includes ship, motor vehicle, aircraft. train, and any other means of transport by which goods may be brought into or taken from the Colony.