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DANGEROUS GOODS.

No. 1 of 1873.

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(e) detain every such ship, and every person on board such ship, and prevent every person from approaching or boarding such ship, until such ship has been searched.

(3) Every person who delays or obstructs any detention, arrest, search, inspection, seizure, or removal, which is authorized by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

(4) Any authority given by the Commissioner of Police under this section may be given to an individual or to a class, and may be (1) general, so as to embrace all the powers referred to in this section, or (2) limited, so as to embrace only a portion of those powers, or (3) particular, for a particular occasion.

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12. It shall be lawful for a magistrate to order to be forfeited to the Crown any thing with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed, whether any person shall have been charged with such an offence or not.

Forfeiture.

13.-(1) No person shall deliver any dangerous goods to any warehouse owner or carrier, or send or carry, or cause to be sent or carried, any such goods to or from any part of the Colony, or deposit such goods in or on any warehouse, wharf, or quay, unless the true name or description of such goods, with the addition of the word "Dangerous," in English and Chinese, 29 & 30 Vict. c. 69, s. 3. is distinctly written, printed, or marked on the outside of the package, or, in the case of delivery to or deposit with any warehouse owner or carrier, without also giving notice in writing to him of the name or description of such goods and of their being dangerous.

notice of

Marking of dangerous goods and giving of notice or character.

(2) Every person who commits a breach of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

14. Provided always as follows:-

Provision for case of knowledge of nature of goods.

(1) any person convicted of a breach of section 13 shall not be liable to a fine of more than two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment, if he shows, to the satisfaction of the court before which he is convicted, that he did not know the nature

* As amended by No. 2 of 1925 [6.3.25].

29 & 30 Vict. c. 69, s. 4.

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DANGEROUS GOODS.

No. 1 of 1873.

119

(e) detain every such ship, and every person on board such ship, and prevent every person from approaching or boarding such ship, until such ship has been searched.

(3) Every person who delays or obstructs any detention, arrest, search, inspection, seizure, or removal, which is authorized by this Ordinance, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

(4) Any authority given by the Commissioner of Police under this section may be given to an individual or to a class, and may be (1) general, so as to embrace all the powers referred to in this section, or (2) limited, so as to embrace only a portion of those powers, or (3) particular, for a particular occasion.

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12. It shall be lawful for a magistrate to order to be forfeited Forfeiture. to the Crown any thing with respect to which any offence against this Ordinance has been committed, whether any person shall have been charged with such an offence or not.

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c. 69, s. 3. is distinctly written, printed, or marked on the outside of the package, or, in the case of delivery to or deposit with any ware- house owner or carrier, without also giving notice in writing to him of the name or description of such goods and of their being dangerous.

(2) Every person who commits a breach of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months.

14. Provided always as follows:-

Provision

for case of

knowledge of nature of goods.

(1) any person convicted of a breach of section 13 shall absence of not be liable to a fine of more than two hundred and fifty dollars or to imprisonment, if he shows, to the satisfaction of the court before which he is convicted, that he did not know the nature

* As amended by No. 2 of 1925 [6.3.25].

29 & 30 Viet. c. 69, s. 4.

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