THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH MAY, 1887.
15. No junk or other Chinese craft, whether licensed or not, shall leave her anchorage, unless the safety of the vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary, between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M. from October to March inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M. from April to September inclusive, under a penalty, on conviction before two Stipendiary Magistrates, not exceed- ing five hundred dollars, or the forfeiture of junk and cargo. Special Permits or Night Clearances hitherto grantable under Ordinance 8 of 1879, section 38, sub-sections 8 and 9 shall be no longer allowed, except in the case of Hongkong specially licensed fishing boats.
16. On the coming into operation of this Ordinance, every person having in his possession, custody, or control any Opium within the Colony or its waters shall furnish to the Superintendent an account of all such Opium, and in case of chests the numbers and marks on such chests, and the Superintendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time, and as often as he shall think fit, to demand in writing from every person having any Opium in his possession, custody, or control, an account in writing of the Opium so held at the time of such demand, and in case of chests the marks and numbers, and the said Superin- tendent or his deputy shall be at liberty at any time, to enter the premises where such Opium is, and to inspect the same, and any person refusing to give such account, or without reasonable cause shewn to permit such entry, or giving a false or incorrect account shall be liable, on con- viction, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, in addition to any other penalty which may be recoverable under the terms and conditions of section 4 of this Ordinance.
17. If any Opium is found, on search authorised under this Ordinance, to have been imported contrary to the pro- visions of this Ordinance, or to be missing from the place in which it was stored on importation, or from the place where, according to the permits, it ought to be found stored, the person in whose possession such Opium so imported may be found, or in whose name such Opium so missing shall have been so stored, shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars for every chest of Opium which shall be ford to have been so im- ported, or to be so missing.
18. If the Opium Farmer shall neglect or refuse, or shall without sufficient.cause unreasonably delay to do any of the acts or things hereinbefore provided and required to be done by him, he shall be liable to a penalty for each such offence not exceeding five hundred dollars.
19. Every person who shall under the 'provisions of this Ordinance make any application, or supply any particulars, Return, or Account, or other written Statement required by this Ordinance to be made or supplied, shall sign the same himself, unless he be absent from the Colony or unable, from sickness, to attend to business, in which case the same may be signed by his Agent for him; and if any such application, particulars, Return, Account, or other Statement shall be false or incorrect, either in whole or in part, to the knowledge of the, person so making or supplying the same, whether the same be signed by himself or by his Agent, such person shall, in every case not otherwise provided for by this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars for the first offence, and two thousand for every subsequent offence: and such Agent shall also and in like manner if offending be liable to penalties of the like
amount.
20. Any Justice of the Peace may, by his warrant directed to any Police Officer, not under the rank of a Ser- geant, empower him by day or by night to enter and search any dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or any ship not being a man-of-war or ship having such status, lying or being within the waters of the Colony, in any case in which it shall appear to such Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any person, that there is good and sufficient cause to believe that in any such dwelling house, shop, or other building or place, or on board any such ship is con- cealed or deposited any Opium subject to forfeiture under this Ordinance, or as to which an offence has been com- mitted against any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and to take possession of any such Opium found to be concealed, or deposited therein, and of the ship in which the same may
Chinese craft only to leavU Colonial waters between certain hours.
Holders to give account of stocks.
Superinton- dent may require account of stocks,
Penalty.
Search for Deficiencies.
Penalty.
Penalty on Farmers.
Penalty for giving false particulars.
Search
Warrant may be issued by Justice of the Peace.
When satisfied on oath that there is good
cause.
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