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Draft Bill.

No. S. 533.-The following bill, which it is proposed to introduce shortly, is published for general information:-

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Short title. Ordinance No. 30 of 1923. Ordinance No. 7 of 1924.

Amendment of Ordinance No. 30 of 1923,

s. 2 (1) (b).

Amendment

of Ordinance No. 30 of 1923,

s. 2 (1) (J).

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 30 of 1923, s. 4 (1) as enacted by Ordinance No. 7 of 1924, s. 2. Repeal of Ordinance No. 30 of 1923, s. 17,

tion of new section.

A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend further the Opium

Ordinance, 1923.

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 Opium Amend- ment Ordinance, 1930; and the Opium Ordinance, 1923, the Opium Amendment Ordinance, 1924, and this Ordi- nance, may be cited together as the Opium Ordinances, 1923-1930.

2. Paragraph (b) of section 2 (1) of the Opium Ordi- nance, 1923, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted therefor :-

(b) "To export" means to carry or other- wise despatch out of the Colony or to cause to be carried or despatched ont of the Colony and includes the conveyance of opium out of the Colony by transit mail or any other mail and the carriage out of the Colony of opium which was carried into the Colony by water or by air and which is carried out of the Colony on the same ship or aircraft ou which it was carried into the Colony with or with- out any landing or transhipment.

3. Paragraph (d) of section 2 (1) of the Opium Ordi- nance, 1923, is repealed and the following paragraph is substituted therefor :-

(d) To import" means to carry or other- wise despatch into the Colony or to cause to be carried or otherwise despatched into the Colony and includes the conveyance of opium into the Colony by transit mail or any other nail and the carriage by water or by air into the Colony of opium which is intended to be carried out of the Colony on the same ship or aircraft on which it was carried into the Colony with or without any landing or tran- shipment.

4. Section 4 (1) of the Opium Ordinance, 1923, as enacted by section 2 of the Opium Amendment Ordi- nance, 1924, is amended by the insertion of the words

and whether it is intended that it should be imported into the Colony or not," immediately after the words "in existence or not".

5. Section 17 of the Opinm Ordinance, 1923, is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-- Unlawful 17.-(1) No person shall without lawful and substitu- possession of authority or excuse have in his possession,

Government opium labels except attached to a receptacle issued by the Superintendent and issued containing Government prepared opium, any label or wrapper of a kind used by the Superintendent for affixing to receptacles containing Govern- ment prepared opium, or any portion of any such label or wrapper.

and

wrappers.

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