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No. 23 of 1909.
OPIUM.
Conditional licence for importing, etc., morphine and compounds of opium for sale or use within the Colony.
Prohibition of exportation to China, etc.
he may suspect to have acted or to be acting in contravention of this Ordinance, and to seize all morphine, hypodermic syringes, and other appliances which may be found there and which are capable of being used for the injection of morphine, and, on conviction of the offender, or in any case, if the Magistrate so orders, they shall be forfeited and be dealt with as the Magistrate may direct.
51.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Principal Civil Medical Officer to grant licences to such persons as he may think fit for importing for sale or use within the Colony, preparing, manufacturing, or dealing in morphine and compounds of opium, provided that the total number of licences which may be granted and the conditions of such licences shall be determined by regulations made by the Governor-in-Council.
(2) Any person importing, manufacturing or dealing in morphine or any compound of opium without such licence shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any such licence may be revoked by the Governor-in-Council at his discretion without assigning cause.
(4) There shall be paid for each such licence an annual fee of 25 dollars which shall be awarded to the opium farmer, and the holder of any such licence shall pay to the opium farmer a royalty calculated at the rate of 10 dollars per tael of morphine and 4 dollars per tael of opium or compound of opium other than morphine, which royalty may be recovered by the opium farmer in a summary way before a Magistrate.
(5) If the holder of any such licence does not comply with the conditions of the licence he shall be guilty of an offence.
52. No person shall export morphine or any compound of opium from the Colony to China or to any country which prohibits or restricts the import of morphine or of such compound of opium, except in such quantities and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the country to which such export is intended, provided that the names of all countries which prohibit or restrict the import of morphine or of compounds of opium and the regulations prescribed by such countries as aforesaid shall be notified in the Gazette.
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
1830
No. 23 of 1909.
OPIUM.
Conditional
licence for importing, etc., mor. phine and compounds
of opium for sale or use within the Colony.
*
Prohibition
of exporta- tion to China, etc.
he may suspect to have acted or to be acting in contravention of this Ordinance, and to sieze all morphine, hypodermic syringes, and other appliances which may be found there and which are. capable of being used for the injection of morphine, and, on con- viction of the offender, or in any case, if the Magistrate so orders. they shall be forfeited and be dealt with as the Magistrate may direct.
51.-(1) It shall be lawful for the Principal Civil Medical Officer to grant licences to such persons as he may think fit for importing for sale or use within the Colony, preparing, manufac- turing, or dealing in morphine and compounds of opium, provided that the total number of licences which may be granted and the conditions of such licences shall be determined by regulations made by the Governor-in-Council.
(2) Any person importing, manufacturing or dealing in morphine or any compound of opium without such licence shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) Any such licence may be revoked by the Governor-in-Council at his discretion without assigning cause.
(4) There shall be paid for each such licence an annual fee of 25 dollars which shall be awarded to the opium farmer, and the holder of any such licence shall pay to the opium farmer a royalty calculated at the rate of 10 dollars per tael of morphine and 4 dollars per tael of opium or compound of opium other than morphine, which royalty may be recovered by the opium farmer in a summary way before a Magistrate.
(5) If the holder of any such licence does not comply with the conditions of the licence he shall be guilty of an offence.
52. No person shall export morphine or any compound of opium from the Colony to China or to any country which prohibits or restricts the import of morphine or of such compound of opium, except in such quantities and subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the country to which such export is intended, provided that the names of all countries which prohibit or restrict the import of morphine or of compounds of opium and the regula- tions prescribed by such countries as aforesaid shall be notified in the Gazette.
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
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