2174
Superintendent may require account of stocks.
Penalty.
Search for deficiencies.
Penalty.
Penalty on farmers.
Penalty for giving false particulars.
ORDINANCE No. 22 OF 1887.
Opium (Raw.)
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 Superintendent 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 shown to permit such entry, or giving a false or incorrect account shall be liable, on conviction, 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 provisions 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 found to have been so imported, 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
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2174
Superintend- ent may require account of stocks.
Penalty.
Search for <leficiencies.
Penalty.
Penalty on farmers.
Penalty for giving false particulars.
ORDINANCE No. 22 OF 1887.
Opium (Raw.)
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 Superintendent 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 conviction, 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 provisions 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 found to have been so imported, 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
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