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29. No person except the Superintendent or a person Limitation licensed by him under section 20 shall have in his posses- of quantity sion more than 20 taels of opium other than raw opium (other than

of opium without the permission in writing of the Superintendent.

raw opium) allowed in possession of private person.

30. No person shall open, keep or use any opium Opium divau.

divans prohibited.

divan

31. A person found in any opium divan or found es- Person found caping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered in opium under this Ordinance shall be presumed, until the contrary presumed to is proved, to be or to have been smoking prepared opium have been or dross opium therein.

smoking therein.

Peace may issue

82. Whenever it appears to any Justice of the Peace Justice of upon the oath of any person that there is reasonable cause to believe that any place is an opium divau, such Justice warrant to of the Peace may by his warrant directed to any revenue enter opium or police officer empower such officer by day or by night to divan, enter and if necessary to break into such place and to arrest any persons and to seize any prepared opium or dross opium and implements for the smoking of prepared opium or dross opium as may be found therein, all of which shall and are hereby declared to be forfeited.

33. No person shall export or cause to be exported any Export of prepared opium or dross opium from the Colony unless he prepared or shall have first obtained the permission in writing of the illegal

dross opium Superintendent who may require such particulars of des- without tination, mode of despatch or otherwise as he may deem Superin-

necessary.

Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger from Hongkong to any country or place not within the Colony of a quantity of prepared opium or dross opium, to be used for personal consumption on the voyage, not exceeding 5 mace for every day of duration of the voyage.

tendent's permit.

34. The Superintendent shall not issue any permit for No permit the export of prepared opium or dross opium from the to be issued Colony to China, French Indo-China or to any country prepared or

for export of which prohibits the import of prepared opium, or dross dross opium opium and it shall be unlawful for any person to export or to prohibi- cause to be exported any prepared opium or dross opium to tion China or French Indo-China or to any country which countries. prohibits the import of prepared opium or dross opium.

Provided always that this section shall not be construed as applying to the possession by a passenger by steamer from Hongkong to China or French Indo-China or to any such country as aforesaid of a quantity of prepared opium or dross opium, to be used for personal consumption ou the voyage, not exceeding 5 mace for every day of the voyage,

Provided also that the names of all countries which prohibit the import of prepared opium or dross opium shall be notified in the Gazette.

PART III.

GENERAL.

Appointment and duties of revenue and police officers. 35.-(1.) The Governor may appoint an officer to be Superin- called the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and such number of Assistant Superintendents as he may think fit.

tendent and

Assistant

Superin- tendents: appoint- ment of.