2788
Penalties.
No. 30 of 1923.
OPIUM.
39.-(1) Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of any of the sections or sub-sections specified in the first column of the following table shall upon summary conviction be liable to the penalty specified in the corresponding entries in the second and third columns of the said table:
Section or sub-section.
Maximum fine.
Maximum term of imprisonment.
8 $2,000 15 (1) $500 15 (2) $25 17 $5,000 One year. 18 $5,000 One year. 19 $5,000 One year. 21 $2,000 22 $2,000 23 $2,000 28 (5) $250 Six months. 29 $250 Six months. 32 $250 Six months. 34 (3) $5,000 One year.Forfeiture.
(2) Where a term of imprisonment is specified in the third column of the above table, such imprisonment may be with or without hard labour and may be imposed in addition to any fine or without any fine being imposed.
(3) Every person who commits an offence against this Ordinance for which no penalty is otherwise prescribed shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or not exceeding ten times the market value of the opium (if any) in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever maximum fine is the greater, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.
40. It shall be lawful for the court or a magistrate to order to be forfeited to the Crown-
(1) any opium with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed whether any person shall have been charged with or shall have been convicted of such offence or not;
(2) any ship of less than fifteen tons net register tonnage in which any such opium may have been;
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2788
Penalties.
No. 30 of 1923.
OPIUM.
39.-(1) Every person who contravenes any of the provi- sions of any of the sections or sub-sections specified in the first column of the following table shall upon summary con- viction be liable to the penalty specified in the corresponding entries in the second and third columns of the said table:
Section or sub-section.
Maximum fine.
Maximum term of imprisonment.
8
$2,000
15 (1)
$ 500
15 (2)
$
25
17
$5,000
One year.
18
$5,000
One year.
19
$5,000
One year.
21
$2,000
22
$2,000
23
$2,000
28 (5)
$ 250
Six months.
29
$ 250
Six months.
32
$ 250
Six months.
34 (3)
$5,000
One year.
Forfeiture.
(2) Where a term of imprisonment is specified in the third column of the above table, such imprisonment may be with or without hard labour and may be imposed in addition to any fine or without any fine being imposed.
(3) Every person who commits an offence against this Ordinance for which no penalty is otherwise prescribed shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or not exceeding ten times the market value of the opium (if any) in respect of which the offence was committed, whichever maximum fine is the greater, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding one year.
40. It shall be lawful for the court or a magistrate to order to be forfeited to the Crown-
(1) any opium with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed whether any person shall have been charged with or shall have been convicted of such offence or not;
(2) any ship of less than fifteen tons net register tonnage in which any such opium may have been;
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