OPIUM.
No. 30 of 1923.
2779
Post Office.
23. (1) No person shall send any opium by post.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain and open any postal article which he may suspect to contain any opium or anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31 (1) (f).
(3) If any postal article contains any opium, or if any postal article contains anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31 (1) (f), it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain such postal article and all its contents, and to deal with such article and its contents as the Governor may direct.
(4) Sub-sections (2) and (3) shall apply to all postal articles, whether posted in the Colony or not.
Appointment and duties of revenue and police officers.
Postal provisions.
24. (1) The Governor may appoint an officer to be called the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and such number of Assistant Superintendents as he may think fit.
(2) An Assistant Superintendent shall have all the powers conferred on the Superintendent by or under this Ordinance.
25. (1) The Superintendent may appoint such persons as he may think fit as revenue officers under this Ordinance.
(2) The Superintendent shall have power to cancel at any time any appointment of a revenue officer.
(3) Every revenue officer shall be supplied with a suitable badge of office.
(4) Every revenue officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge of office to the person against whom he is acting.
(5) Every revenue officer shall on demand return to the Superintendent his badge of office, and every person whose appointment as revenue officer has been cancelled shall forthwith return to the Superintendent his badge of office unless he shall have previously returned it to the Superintendent.
OPIUM.
No. 30 of 1923.
2779
Post Office.
23. (1) No person shall send any opium by post.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain and open any postal article which he may suspect to contain any opium or anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31 (1) (ƒ).
(3) If any postal article contains any opium, or if any postal article contains anything which would be liable to seizure under section 31 (1) (ƒ), it shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to detain such postal article and all its contents, and to deal with such article and its contents as the Governor may direct.
(4) Sub-sections (2) and (3) shall apply to all postal articles, whether posted in the Colony or not.
Appointment and duties of revenue and police officers.
Postal provisions.
24. (1) The Governor may appoint an officer to be Superin- called the Superintendent of Imports and Exports and such tendent and number of Assistant Superintendents as he may think fit. Superin-
(2) An Assistant Superintendent shall have all the powers conferred on the Superintendent by or under this Ordinance.
Assistant
tendents.
25. (1) The Superintendent may appoint such persons Revenue as he may think fit as revenue officers under this Ordinance. officers.
(2) The Superintendent shall have power to cancel at any time any appointment of a revenue officer.
(3) Every revenue officer shall be supplied with a suitable badge of office.
(4) Every revenue officer when acting against any person under this Ordinance shall on demand declare his office and produce his badge of office to the person against whom he is acting.
(5) Every revenue officer shall on demand return to the Superintendent his badge of office, and every person whose appointment as revenue officer has been cancelled shall forthwith return to the Superintendent his badge of office unless he shall have previously returned it to the Superintend-
ent.
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