CAP. 109]
Construction
of distilleries.
Spirit store
to be deemed
a licensed warehouse.
Dutiable Commodities.
62. Every distillery shall be enclosed by walls or fences and every part thereof and every fixture therein or thereon constructed and maintained in good and substantial repair and clean and sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of the Director, and in particular-
(a) the distillery shall not have any entrance or exit except upon a street or road to which the public has access;
(b) the distillery shall be adequately lighted and ventilated;
(c) adequate fire precautions shall be taken in the distillery;
(d) in the distillery there shall be one or more stores (hereinafter called spirit stores) for the collection and storage of all dutiable liquor;
(e) the stills shall be of a type approved by the Director and shall be so arranged, and the stills and the spirit stores so constructed, that all spirit produced in the distillery must pass from every still either directly into a spirit store or first into a locked receiver and then into a spirit store, but in either case so that no access can be had to the spirit except by a revenue officer: the spirit receiver shall have no outlet except through a cock fitted with a revenue lock;
(f) no alterations or repairs, and no change in the use to which any part of the premises is put, shall be made without the consent of the Director;
(g) the Director shall cause revenue locks to be fitted to every spirit store and spirit receiver.
63. Without prejudice to the regulations in this Part, every spirit store shall be deemed to be a licensed warehouse for the purpose of any regulations relating to the storage of dutiable goods, except that-
(a) no separate licence shall be necessary for the store;
(b) on the outside of the store, instead of the words LICENSED WAREHOUSE, there shall be legibly and permanently marked in English and Chinese the words SPIRIT STORE;
(c) no liquor shall be removed from a spirit store except under a pass signed by a revenue officer;
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CAP. 109]
Construction
of distilleries.
Spirit store
to be deemed
a licensed warehouse.
Dutiable Commodities.
62. Every distillery shall be inclosed by walls or fences and every part thereof and every fixture therein or thereon constructed and maintained in good and substantial repair and clean and sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of the Director, and in particular-
(a) the distillery shall not have any entrance or exit except upon a street or road to which the public has access;
(b) the distillery shall be adequately lighted and
ventilated;
(c) adequate fire precautions shall be taken in the
distillery;
(d) in the distillery there shall be one or more stores (hereinafter called spirit stores) for the collection and storage of all dutiable liquor;
(e) the stills shall be of a type approved by the Director and shall be so arranged, and the stills and the spirit stores so constructed, that all spirit produced in the distillery must pass from every still either directly into a spirit store or first into a locked receiver and then into a spirit store, but in either case so that no access can be had to the spirit except by a revenue officer: the spirit receiver shall have no outlet except through a cock fitted with a revenue lock;
(no alterations or repairs, and no change in the use to which any part of the premises is put, shall be made without the consent of the Director; (g) the Director shall cause revenue locks to be fitted
to every spirit store and spirit receiver.
63. Without prejudice to the regulations in this Part, every spirit store shall be deemed to be a licensed warehouse for the purpose of any regulations relating to the storage of dutiable goods, except that-
(a) no separate licence shall be necessary for the store; (b) on the outside of the store, instead of the words LICENSED WAREHOUSE, there shall be legibly and permanently marked in English and Chinese the words SPIRIT STORE;
(c) no liquor shall be removed from a spirit store except
under a pass signed by a revenue officer;
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