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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. JULY 26, 1940.

SHORT TITLE.

Supplementary Schedule,-contd.

AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.

118. The

Liquors Ordinance, 1981. (No. 36 of 1931). -contà.

74.

1933.

Ordinance sell liquor by auction but, Ordinance unless the person for whom he sells holds No. 25 of a licence to sell such liquor, only with the written permission of the Superintendent.

(2) The auction may be held on the auctioneer's premises or on any premises at which his principal is licensed to sell the liquor, or at any place indicated in the permission aforesaid,

(3) This section shall apply notwith- standing that the liquor is the property of the Government of the United Kingdom or of this Colony or forms part of the estate of a bankrupt or deceased person or is sold by order of the court,

41) All the provisions of this Ordinance Denatured relating to dutiable goods shall apply to spirits to

be dutiable any denatured spirits unless and until the Monopoly Analyst certifies in writing Monopoly

goods until

spirits

in each Case that such

are Analyst non-dutiable, and upon the issue of such certifies certificate the liquor to which it relates shall be deemed to be duty-paid goods.

(2) Any fee prescribed by the Governor in Council for such certificate may be proportionate to the duty which would have been payable had the liquor not been denatured: but no such fee (except a minimum fce; shall exceed one-tenth of the duty.

PART III-TOBACCO.

to the contrary.

75. In the application of this Ordinance to Definition

tobacco-

of tobacco.

(a) "Tobacco' includes all tobacco, whether manufactured or not;

(b) Adulterated tobacco” means to- bacco mixed or treated with any substance except water, the essential oils commonly used for scenting or flavouring tobacco, and alkaline salts, in prescribed quantities.

76. Except for purposes of decoration only, or Restriction

under and in accordance with such licence, on tobacco and subject

to

such conditions and growing. restrictions, #s may be prescribed by regulations. no person shall grow or cultivate the tobacco plant.

77--(1) No person shall import. manufacture, Manu-

sell, supply or deal in adulterated tobacco. facture,

etc., of

to

tobacco.

(2) No person shall be convicted under adulterated sub-section (1) if he shows

the satisfaction of the magistrate that the tobacco in respect of which he is charged was not intended for sale or that he did not know or could not with reasonable diligence have known that the tobacco was adulterated.

(3) No person shall without the per- mission of the Superintendent in any premises licensed for the manufacture of, tobacco have in his possession anything

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