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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 27, 1930.

Forfeiture of deposit.

Forfeiture of licence.

Seizure and forfeiture of receptacles.

59.--(1) Upon the breach of any condition of any permit or any licence issued under this Ordinance, any deposit required as a condition on the granting of such permit or licence shall upon application to a magistrate be declared by him to be forfeited to the Crown.

(2) The forfeiture of any such deposit shall not relieve any person from any other penalty to which he may be liable under this or any other Ordinance.

60. Upon the conviction of any licensee under this Ordinance of any offence against this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to forfeit the licence of such licensee.

61.-(1) Whenever it is lawful for any police or revenue officer to seize any light oils, it shall be lawful for him to seize also all the receptacles in which the light oils are contained.

(2) Whenever it is lawful for the magistrate to forfeit any light oils, it shall be lawful for him to forfeit in Uke manner any ship not exceeding sixty tons net register or any vehicle or receptacle in which the light oils were found.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 26th day of June, 1930.

N. L. SMITH, Deputy Clerk of Councils.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

Drawback.

1. Subject to the conditions contained in the follow- ing regulations a drawback of fifteen cents per gallon shall be paid on duty paid light oils shipped by any permitee as ships stores or exported by him under an Export on Drawback Permit.

2. Every application made with a view to obtain drawback on any light oils shall contain a declaration by the applicant, which shall be attached to the export permit and shall be signed by such declarant in the presence of a witness, to the effect that the light oils in respect of which drawback is being claimed have been actually shipped for export and are not intended to be relanded in the Colony.

3. No drawback shall be allowed except to the person who originally paid the duty.

4. No drawback shall be allowed unless the permitee (a) shall give twenty-four hours notice in writing of the date and time at which he proposes to commence the loading of the light oils, and all such loading shall take place in the presence of a revenue officer to whom the permitec shall deliver or cause to be delivered an Export on Drawback Permit in triplicate containing full particulars of the shipment and the gross quantity in gallons thereof; (b) the permitee shall provide proper measures to enable the revenue officer to check the quantity of light oils; (c) the permitee shall close and secure all containers and shall seal them to the satisfaction of the Super-

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