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5. Section 5 of this Ordinance aments section 30 (1) of the principal Ordinance in conformity with Notification No. 159 of the 18th March, 1927, which, inter alia, substituted the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for the Treasurer in the case of dealer's licences. Section 6 of this Ordinance amends section 32 of the principal Ordinance in conformity with the same Notification.

6. Section 7 of this Ordinance repeals sections 34 and 35 of the principal Ordinauce because the licensing of earing houses is now dealt with under Ordinance. No. 1 of 1903: see Ordinance No. 19 of 1928, section 2 (2). and sections 2(6), 24, and 25 of this Ordinance. Eating houses are not allowed to sell intoxicating liques, and they have therefore no place in a liquors Ordinance.

7. Section 8 of this Ordinance amends section 41 (3) of the principal Ordinance so as to make it subject to the new section 62A which is referred to in paragraph H below. Section & also corrects a clerical error in section 11 (2) () of the principal Ordinance.

s. Section 9 of this Ordinance provides a form of ship to ship removal permit and shortens the period for shipment of liquors to twenty-four hours before the time mentioned in the ship's clearance. This shortening is considered desirable for the purpose of lessening the opportunities of committing offences against this Ord!- nance. The section also empowers the Superintendent to demand the production of shipping documents.

9. Section 10 of this Ordinance repeals section 50 of the principal Ordinance because it is intendel in future to deal by means of regulations with the subject of "breaking cases in bond for the purpose of exporting portions of the contents.

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10. Section 11 of this Ordinance amends section 54 of the principal Ordinance, with a view to preventing as far as possible the improper use of a permit to move liquor from a ship or to remove liquor for exportation.

11. Section 12 of this Ordinance adds two sections to the principal Ordinance. The new section 62A introduces a new system of charging and collecting the duty on spirits distilled in the Colony. It is based on section 46 of the Spirits Act, 1880, 43 & 44 Vict. c. 24.

It is so technical that any description of the system would prae- tically have to be a quotation of the section. section 62B gives power to distrain for arrears of duty on spirits distilled in the Colony. It is practically a copy of section 48 of the Spirits Act, 1880.

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12. Section 13 of this Ordinance repeals section 70 of the principal Ordinance because it is undesirable that the power to search goods or baggage should be limited to cases in which there is definite cause to suspect that such goods or baggage contain dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.

13. Section 14 of this Ordinance amends section 71 of the principal Ordinance so to confer upon revenue officers, authorized by the Superintendent in that behalf, power to search any ship, not being or having the status of a ship of war, and to seize remove and detain anything found in any such ship with respect to which the revenue officer has reasonable grounds of suspecting that any offence against Ordinance 9 of 1911 has been committed, This power is similar to the power conferred upon reveuse officers, so authorized, by the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, Ordinance No. 22 of 1923, section 7, and by the Opium Ordinance, 1923, Ordinance No. 30 of 1923, section 31.