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A.D. 1900.]

ARMS AND AMMUNITION.

[No. 2.

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where arms or ammunition, the property of a duly licensed or an exempted person, are or is carried by or are or is found in the possession of an agent or servant of such person, under bona fide instructions from such person so to carry or possess the same for him and on his behalf temporarily for any lawful purpose, such carriage or possession by the agent or servant shall be deemed carriage or possession by the licensed or exempted person.

5.-(1.) No arms or ammunition shall be sold to any person-

(a.) for use within the Colony, unless the purchaser presents, at or before the time of purchase, a valid licence either to carry or have in his possession such arms or ammunition or unless he is an exempted person; or

Conditions to be observed on sale of arms or ammunition for use in the Colony or for export.

(b.) for export from the Colony, unless the vendor has obtained from the Captain Superintendent of Police an export permit, which may be in the Form No. 2 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, and shall be made out in Chinese as well as in English: Provided, nevertheless, that no export permit shall be required in respect of any ammunition which is being exported from the Colony direct from the Government Gunpowder Depôt under a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master.

(2.) Such export permit or such delivery order, when granted, shall be deemed equivalent to the licence of the Captain Superintendent of Police to carry or possess arms or ammunition, but an export permit shall only operate as such a licence up to the time named in such permit for the return of such permit.

(3.) An application for such permit shall be in the Form No. 1 in the First Schedule, and shall be made out in Chinese as well as in English in a case where the applicant is a Chinaman, and shall be signed by the vendor of the said arms or ammunition and filed by him with the Captain Superintendent of Police. No fee shall be payable in respect of filing such application or granting such permit.

(4) 6. Every person who obtains an export permit for any arms or ammunition under this Ordinance shall, when the whole of the arms or ammunition or arms and ammunition specified in such export permit exceed twenty-five dollars in value, obtain the receipt of the master or mate of the vessel named in such permit for the whole of the arms and ammunition specified in such permit, and shall return such receipt, together with the permit, to the person and at the time and place named in such permit.

7. No person shall move or cause to be moved any arms or ammunition within the Colony or the waters thereof, except for the purpose

Schedule: together with a oval permit in forms 01.034 fors lefi 336941/11 the First Schedule §30) yoḍuill. Form No. 2;

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