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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 18, 1918.

HONGKONG.

No. 13 of 1918.

LS

I assent to this Ordinance.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Officer Administering the Government.

18th October, 1918.

An Ordinance to amend the Opium Ordinance,

1914, and the Opium Ordinance, 1917.

[18th October, 1918.]

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

and con- struction.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Opium Ordi- Short title nance, 1918, and shall be read and construed as one with the Opium Ordinance, 1914, and with the Opium Ordinance, 1917, and the said Ordinances and this Ordinance Ordinance may be cited together as the Opium Ordi- No. 4 of nances, 1914 to 1918.

1914.

Ordinance No. 27 of 1917.

2. Sub-section (2) of section 46 of the Opium Ordi- Amendment nance, 1914, is amended by the substitution of the words of Ordinance net register tonnage" for the word “burden" in para- 1914, s. 46 graphs (a) and (b) thereof.

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No. 4 of

(2).

3. Sub-section (2) of section 49 of the Opium Ordi- Amendment

nance, 1914, is amended by the insertion of the words of Ordinance

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net register tonnage" between the word "tons" and No. 4 of

the word "in" in the eighth line thereof.

1914, s. 49

(2).

4. Section 57 of the Opium Ordinance, 1914, is Amendment amended by the substitution of the letter "a" for the of Ordinance figure "1" in the ninth line thereof, of the letter "" No. 4 of for the figure "2" in the eleventh line thereof, and of the letter for the figure "3" in the thirteenth line thereof.

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1914, 8. 57.

1917, s. 2.

5. Section 2 of the Opium Ordinance, 1917, is Amendment amended by the insertion of the word " SO between the of Ordinance word "mark" and the word "resembling" in the third No. 27 of line thereof, and by the insertion of the words as to constitute a colourable imitation thereof between the words "dross opium" and the words " or has" in the fifth line thereof.

and wrappers

6. Every person who, without lawful authority or Possession of excuse, has in his possession any label or wrapper which Government was issued by the Superintendent affixed to any receptacle opium labels containing Government prepared opium or Government detached dross opium, and which has been detached from such from the receptacle, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a Government fine not exceeding five thousand dollars and to imprison- receptacles. ment for any period not exceeding twelve months.

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