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656 THE HONG kong governmENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1929.

HONG KONG.

No. 29 of 1929.

I assent.

L.S.

C. CLEMENTI, Governor.

Short title.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 2.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 9 of 1911, s. 3.

20th December, 1929.

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to

intoxicating liquors.

[20th December, 1929.]

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 Liquors Amendment Ordinance, 1929.

2. Section 2 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, is amended as follows :-

(a) by the deletion in paragraph (8) of the words for the Government Analyst and by the subs- titution therefor of the words "or of the Govern- ment Analyst or of any analyst in the employ- ment of the Government ";

(b) by the repeal of paragraph (11);

(c) by the repeal in paragraph (13) of the words "In the case of Chinese wines and spirits, seven and a half entries shall be deemed to be the equiva- lent of the imperial gallon ";

(7) by the insertion immediately after paragraph

(20) of the following paragraph :—

(20A) “Person", except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprison- ment, includes a body corporate and a firm.

(e) by the insertion in paragraph (29) immediately after the word “ Exports". of the words "and any Assistant Superintendent of Imports and Exports".

3. Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended as follows :-

(a), by the repeal of sub-section (1) and the substitu-

tion of the following sub-section therefor :-

(1) No person shall except under and in accordance with a licence issued under this Ordinance—

(a) make, distil, or rectify any spirits ; or (b) knowingly keep or have in his posses- sion any still or other utensil or apparatus suitable for making distil- ling or rectifying spirits; or (c) without lawful authority or excuse have in his possession, eustody, or control any fermenting or fermented material.