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No. S. 499.-The following bill was read a second time at the meeting of the Legislative Council held on the 5th December, 1929. Amendments were made in com- mittee in clauses 2 (a), 12, 17 and 18, and clause 27 of the original bill was deleted.

C.S.O. 3858/21.

[No. 32:-27.11.29.--8.]

A BILL

INTITULED

Short title.

Amendment

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

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 3.

An Ordinance to amend the law relating to

intoxicating liquors.

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 or 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- iment of the Government";

() by the repeal of paragraph (11);

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

(d) 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".

2. 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, custody, or control any fermenting or fermented material.

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(b) by the substitution of the word "Superinten- dent" for the words, "Captain Superintendent of Police" in the first line of sub-section (2).