1950_DUTIABLE_COMMODITIES_ORDINANCE — Page 9

Dutiable Commodities.

of duty and the observance of the provisions of this Ordinance and any regulations thereunder and the conditions of licences;

(k) the examination of the baggage and goods of persons entering the Colony;

(l) requiring importers and exporters of goods to which this Ordinance applies to furnish certificates relating to the goods from places outside the Colony;

(m) prescribing matters in which the Director may give directions for the protection of the revenue and the carrying out of the provisions of this Ordinance and any regulations thereunder, and for empowering him to give such directions;

(n) anything which is by this Ordinance to be prescribed by regulations;

(o) generally carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance.

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7. Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and the regulations thereunder-

(a) the Director or other prescribed officer may in his absolute discretion grant and issue licences on payment of the fees, in the forms and for the periods prescribed, or if no such period is prescribed in any case, for periods of one year at a time, and may renew such licences for like periods and grant and issue permits in prescribed form;

(b) the officer authorized to grant a licence or permit may-

(i) in granting the licence or permit impose such special conditions or restrictions in particular cases as he thinks fit;

(ii) permit the transfer of the licence or permit from one person to another or, if the licence was issued for certain premises, the substitution therefor of other premises, or may amend the licence or permit, on sufficient cause being shown to his satisfaction.

221 licences and permits.