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854 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1931.

Licensed person to give amount of stocks; Ordinance No. 34 of 1910, s. 6.

and permit entry.

Validation of existing licences.

Revenue officers.

[cf. No. 3 of 1890.

s. 57.]

Keeping of intoxicating liquors by licensees.

62. Every person who holds a licence under this Ordinance or under any Ordinance repealed by this Ordinance or under the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, shall-

(a) on demand by the Superintendent render an account in writing of the quantity and description of the intoxicating liquors in his possession, custody, or control;

(b) permit the Superintendent o any revenue officer to enter the premises in which such liquors are stored at any time and inspect the same.

63. All licences issued under any Ordinance repeal- ed by this Ordinance or under the New Territories Regulation Ordinance, 1910, shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance and shall continue in force until revoked or until they expire and the conditions set out in Form No. 8 in the First Schedule shall be deemed to apply to every Chinese wine and spirit shop licence issued under any of the said Ordinances.

Revenue officers,

64.-(1) The Superintendent may appoint such persons as he may think fit as revenue officers under this Ordinance.

(2) The Superintendent shall have power to cancel at any time any appointment of a revenue officer.

(3) Every revenue officer shall be supplied with a suitable badge of office.

(4) Every revenue officer shall on demand return to the Superintendent his badge of office, and every person whose appointment as revenue officer has been cancelled shall forthwith return to the Superintendent his badge of office unless he shall have previously returned it to the Superintendent.

(5) Any native revenue officer shall be entitled to claim his discharge at any time on his giving to the Superintendent three months notice of his wish to withdraw and paying a sum equivalent to two months pay for each unexpired year of his term of appoint- ment: Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Governor to remit the whole or any part of the said sum.

(6) Every native revenue officer who, having duly engaged and bound himself to serve in that office. deserts therefrom or refuses to perform his duty there- in, shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.

(7) Any native revenue officer imprisoned for default of payment of a fine imposed under sub-section (6). shall forfeit all pay during his imprisonment.

(8) The Superintendent shall, in case of breach of discipline or neglect of duty by any revenue officer. on proof thereof to his satisfaction, have power to order the offender to forfeit a sum not exceeding ten dollars.

(9) All sums forfeited under sub-section (8) sha be paid into the Treasury, and shall be applied to such purposes in connexion with the Imports and Exporte Office as the Governor may direct.