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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 10, 1928. 111

s. 4.

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15 and 16

(4) "Indian hemp" means the dried flower- Geo. 5, c. 74, ing or fruiting tops of the pistillate plant s. 1 (2).

known as cannabis sativa from which the resin has not been extracted, by whatever name such tops are called.

15 and 16

(4) "Medicinal opium" means raw opium Gco. 5, c. 74, which has undergone the processes necessary to adopt it for medicinal use in accordance with the requirements of the British Pharmo- copoeia, whether it is in the form of powder or is granulated or is in any other form, and whether it is or is not mixed with neutral substances.

5. Section 2 (2) of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Amendment 1923, is amended by the insertion of the words :-

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of Ordinance No. 22 of

or in accordance with the provisions of the 1923, Geo. 5, c. 74, International Convention signed at Geneva 8. 2 (2).

on the 19th day of February, 1925, herein- after called the Geneva Convention”,

s. 6.

immediately after the figures

thereof.

1912" in the eighth line

6. Section 3 of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, Amendment is repealed and the following section is substituted there- of Ordinance for :-

No. 22 of 1923,

Restrictions 3.-(1) Except under and in accordance §. 3. on dealings with a licence granted under this Ordinance, in dangerous no person shall, whether on his own behalf or drugs (and coca leaves), on behalf of any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, buy, sell, supply, procure, or offer to supply or procure, from, to or for any other person, whether such other person be in the Colony or not, or in any way deal in or with, or offer to deal in, or pretend to deal in, or have in his possession, or import or export, or do any act preparatory to or for the purpose of importing or exporting, any drug to which this Ordi- nauce applies, whether such drug be in the Colony

or elsewhere, and whether it be ascertained or appropriated or in existence or not, and whether it is intended that it should be imported into the Colony or not.

(2) Subject to the obtaining of a licence under sub-section (1) before importation, any drug to which this Ordinance applics which is imported by water from a place from which such drug may by the law of that place legally he exported, under a through bill of lading for any place into which such drag may by the law of that place legally be imported, may he imported into the Colony by water and may be exported to such place by water provided that the following conditions are complied with :

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(#). The ship on which the drug is imported shall upon entering the waters of the Colony proceed direct and forthwith to the harbour of Victoria and shall forth- with enter such harbour.

(6) Full particulars as to the description, weight. consignors, consignees and destination of the drug, and as to the marks and ambers of the cases in which it is contained, shall appear in the manifest of the said ship. () The presence of the drug on board the said ship shall be reported in writing to the Superintendent by the master of the ship within four hours after the arrival of the ship in the harbour of Victoria : provided that if the office of the Super- intendent is not open for the four hours immediately after the arrival of the ship