571566-1930-Regulations-under-section-3-of-the-Registration-of-Imports-and-Exports-Ordinance-1922 — Page 1

122

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 21, 1930.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 170.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 3 of the Registration of Imports and Exports Ordinance, 1922, Ordinance No. 12 of 1922, on the 20th day of March, 1930.

The following regulations are substituted for the regulations contained in the Schedule to the Registration of Imports and Exports Ordinance, 1922:-

1. In these regulations :----

REGULATIONS.

(1) "Person" includes a body corporate and a firm.

(2) "Ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation and all

aircraft.

66

(3) "Shipowner" or owner of a ship" includes the agents and charterers of

a ship.

(4) "Transhipment cargo means cargo which remains, during all the time that it is in the Colony, under the control of the shipowner in his capa- city as such, whether on a through bill of lading or otherwise.

(5) "Transit cargo" means cargo passing through the waters of the Colony

without transhipment.

2. Nothing in these regulations shall apply to the following:-

(a) Transit cargo.

(b) Articles imported or exported by the Colonial Government or the Naval or

Military Authorities or the Royal Air Force.

(c) Ship's stores.

(d) Personal baggage, within the limits of weight carried free under passage ticket and comprising only articles and goods for personal use or con- sumption.

(e) Articles imported or exported by means of the Post Office.

(f) Travellers' samples, if not for sale.

(g) Articles imported from or exported to such particular place or places as

shall be notified from time to time by the Superintendent.

3. Every person who imports any article by sea, land, or air shall within seven days after taking delivery of such article furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and com- plete import declaration relating to such article in form No. 1 in the Appendix, or in such Chinese translation thereof as may be approved by the Superintendent.

4. Every person who exports any article by sea, land, or air shall within seven days after exportation furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and complete export declara- tion relating to such article in form No. 2 in the Appendix, or in such Chinese transla- tion thereof as may be approved by the Superintendent.

5. (1) The owner, master, or compradore of every ship which arrives within the waters of the Colony shall within 72 hours of the arrival of the ship furnish to the Superintendent, or to such officer as he may appoint, an accurate and complete import manifest containing a statement of all articles imported by such ship with the following particulars of each article:-

(a) Number and description of packages. (b) Distinguishing marks or numbers.