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Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 22 of

1923, Schedule, Import Certificate.

Addition of form of

Superin-

tendent's Certificate to

the Schedule

to Ordinance

No. 22 of 1923.

Power to exclude certain preparations from the Ordinance.

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16. If the Governor in Commeil thinks fit to declare that a finding with respect to any preparation containing any of the drugs to which this Ordinance applies has in pursuance of Article 8 of the Geneva Convention been communicated by the Connell of the League of Geo. 5, c. 74, Nation to the parties to the said Convention, the provisions of this Ordinance shall as from such date as may be specified in the declara- tion cease to apply to the preparation specified therein.

s. 5.

12. The form of import certificate set out in the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923, is amended as follows:-

(a) The words "International Opium Convention, 1925" are substituted for the words "Inter- national Opium Convention, 1912" in the two places where the latter expression occurs in the said form.

(b) The words “ solely for medicinal or scientific purposes at the end of the said certificate are repealed and the following words, with the marginal notes specified below, are substituted therefor :-

(a) In the

case of coca leaves.

(b) In the

case of the drugs to which Chapter III

of the Convention applies.

(1) for legitimate purposes (@);

OP

(2) solely for medicinal

scientific purposes (b),

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13. The following form of Superintendent's Certificate is added to the Schedule to the Dangerous Drugs Ordi- nance, 1923 :

I,

SUPERINTENDENT'S CERTIFICATE,

[s. 10.]

Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, 1923.

(Assistant) Super-

intendent of Imports and Exports, hereby certify that on (date).........

I received personally from (name or description of officer)

.......a sealed packet

case may be) marked (if any special mark)

(quantity and nature of drug),

and that on (date).......................

(or as the

which I found to contain

I personally

marked (if any

handed the said (quantity and nature of drug).....

to (name and description of officer)

in a sealed packet (or as the case may be)

special mark)..

Date...

(Assistant) Superintendent of

Imports and Exports.

Objects and Reasons.

1. The object of this bill is to enact the legislation required to give effect in Hong Kong to the terms f the International Convention signed at Geneva on the 19th February, 1925.

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