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18. All arms or ammunition not consigned to or to the order of any person licensed as an importer of, or dealer in, ammunition or vendor of arms or ammunition, brought into the Colony under through bills of lading for any port not in the Colony, shall, if landed prior to transhipment, be stored only in such godowns or places as may be approved in writing by the Captain Superintendent of Police: Provided that this enactment shall not apply in the case of arms or ammunition consigned to any officer in His Majesty's service, for the use of His Majesty's naval or military forces, Imperial or Colonial.
19. No person shall move or cause to be moved within the Colony or the waters thereof any arms or ammunition exceeding altogether twenty-five dollars in value, unless they are enclosed in secure wooden boxes and distinctly marked or labelled with the words "arms" or "ammunition", as the case may be, in English and Chinese: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition—
(a) belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces or belonging to the Colonial Government; or
(b) which are the private property of and for the personal use of a person who has either taken out a licence under section 3 or is an exempted person; or
(c) which are being landed direct from the vessel in which they were imported to premises registered under this Ordinance:
Provided also that this prohibition shall not apply to ammunition which has been imported and is in course of transhipment to the Government Gunpowder Depôt, or is being exported direct from such Depôt under a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master.
20. It shall be lawful for any officer of police who has a general written authority from the Captain Superintendent of Police for that purpose to open and search any box or package containing or suspected to contain arms or ammunition.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION.
No. 2 of 1900.
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18. All arms or ammunition not consigned to or to the Storage of order of any person licensed as an importer of, or dealer in, ammunition or vendor of arms or ammunition, brought into the Colony under under through bills of lading for any port not in the Colony, of lading, if through bill in a vessel the agents of which are not licensed as aforesaid, landed in the shall, if landed prior to transhipment, be stored only in such Colony. godowns or places as may be approved in writing by the Captain Superintendent of Police: Provided that this enact- ment shall not apply in the case of arms or ammunition consigned to any officer in His Majesty's service, for the use of His Majesty's naval or military forces, Imperial or Colonial.
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19. No person shall move or cause to be moved within the Labelling of Colony or the waters thereof any arms or ammunition arms and exceeding altogether twenty-five dollars in value, unless they for removal. are inclosed in secure wooden boxes and distinctly marked or labelled with the words "arms" or "ammunition", as the case may be, in English and Chinese: Provided that this prohibition shall not apply to arms or ammunition—
(a) belonging to or for the use of His Majesty's forces or belonging to the Colonial Government; or
(b) which are the private property of and for the personal use of a person who has either taken out a licence under section 3 or is an exempted person; or
(c) which are being landed direct from the vessel in which they were imported to premises registered under this Ordinance:
Provided also that this prohibition shall not apply to ammunition which has been imported and is in course of transhipment to the Government Gunpower Depôt, or is being exported direct from such Depôt under a delivery order issued by the Harbour Master.
20. It shall be lawful for any officer of police who has a Power to general written authority from the Captain Superintendent police to of Police for that purpose to open and search any box or package containing or suspected to contain arms or ammuni-
tion.
open box.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
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