564
No. 9.]
Applies to N. T. GN. 320/99
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1887.
A.D. 1887. AN ORDINANCE for the better Regulation of the Trade in Opium.
Ordinance
No. 22 of 1887,
with Ordinances No. 21 of 1891 s. 44.
No. 22 of 1891, No. 21 of 1899, and
No. 27 of 1900 incorporated.
Short title.
Interpretation of terms.
Full Cow! 16:18.95
Prohibition of importation of opium less than one chest.
Licence for sale of opium in quantity less than one chest.
[1st June, 1887.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate and control the movement of raw opium within the Colony and the waters thereof:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :----
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887.
2. In this Ordinance...
“Opium” means raw, crude, or unprepared opium : “Chest of opium" means the package, with the opium therein, such as is usually imported by merchants in the Colony:
“Opium Farmer” means the holder for the time being of the exclusive privilege of preparing and selling prepared opium, either inclusive or exclusive of dross opium :
“Loose opium” means all raw opium found or discovered otherwise than in a chest full of one quality of raw opium :
“Ship" includes any steam-vessel, junk, boat, sampan, or any kind of craft used for the conveyance of persons or things by water:
“Steamship" means any vessel propelled by steam.
3. No person shall bring into the Colony or the waters thereof, or receive therein, any loose opium.
4. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Governor-in-Council, to grant licences for the sale of opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest, and no person, except the holder of such a licence, shall be permitted to sell or barter within the Colony or its waters opium in quantities less than one chest.
(2.) The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball of Bengal opium or three catties of Malwa, Persian, or Turkish opium is hereby forbidden.
5. It shall be the duty of the holder of a licence to attach to all parcels of opium sold by him in quantities less than one chest a certificate in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule to this Ordinance.
6. No person, except the Opium Farmer or a licensed retail dealer, shall have in his possession or under his custody or control any loose opium without a certificate of purchase from a licensee, unless he can show, to the satisfaction of a Magistrate, ----
564
No. 9.]
Applies to N. T. GN. 320/99
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1887.
ORDINANCE No. 9 OF 1887.
A.D. 1887. AN ORDINANCE for the better Regulation of the Trade in Opium.
Ordinance
No. 22 of 1887,
with Ordi-
nances No. 21 of 1891 s. 44.
No. 22 of
1891, No. 21 of 1899, and
No. 27 of 1900
incorporated.
Short title.
Interpreta-
tion of terms.
Full Cow! 16:18.95
Prohibition of importation of opium less
than one chest.
Licence for
in quantity
[1st June, 1887.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to regulate and control the movement of
raw opium within the Colony and the waters thereof:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :----
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Raw Opium Ordinance, 1887.
2. In this Ordinance......... -
“Opium” means raw, crude, or unprepared opium : **Chest of opium" means the package, with the opium therein, such as is usually imported by merchants in the Colony:
“Opium Farmer” means the holder for the time being of the ex- clusive privilege of preparing and selling prepared opium, either inclusive or exclusive of dross opium :
“Loose opium” means all raw opium found or discovered other- wise than in a chest full of one quality of raw opium :
Ship" includes any steam-vessel, junk, boat, sampan, or any kind of craft used for the conveyance of persons or things by water:
Steamship" means any vessel propelled by steam.
3. No person shall bring into the Colony or the waters thereof, or receive therein, any loose opium.
4. (1.) It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Governor-in-Council, to grant FG/270-07 sale of opium licences for the sale of opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest, and no person, except the holder of such a licence, shall be permitted to sell or barter within the Colony or its waters opium in quantities less than one chest.
less than one chest.
Sale certi-
ficate to be -granted by
licensee. Schedule: Form No. 1.
Possession of loose opium.
(2.) The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball of Bengal opium or three catties of Malwa, Persian, or Turkish opium is hereby forbidden.
5. It shall be the duty of the holder of a licence to attach to all parcels of opium sold by him in quantities less than one chest a certificate in the Form No. 1 in the Schedule to this Ordinance.
6. No person, except the Opium Farmer or a licensed retail dealer, shall have in his possession or under his custody or control any loose opium without a certificate of purchase from a licensee, unless he can show, to the satisfaction of a Magistrate, ----
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