1964_DUTIABLE_COMMODITIES_ORDINANCE — Page 6

1989 Ed.]

Dutiable Commodities

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“export" means to carry or cause to be carried out of Hong Kong by land, air or water and includes the export of anything carried or sent from any country and brought into Hong Kong by land, air or water for the sole purpose of being carried to another country after transhipment into another conveyance, but does not include transit cargo;

"former Ordinance" means the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance 1931 and also means any provision thereof which was continued in force under the repealed section 76 of this Ordinance; (Added 3 of 1970 s. 3)

"gross tonnage" means gross tonnage determined in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (App. I p. AB 1); (Added 3 of 1970 s. 3)

"import" means to carry or cause to be carried into Hong Kong by land, air or water;

"licence" means a licence granted or issued under this Ordinance or under the former Ordinance; (Replaced 3 of 1970 s. 3)

"liquor licence" means a licence for the sale or supply of liquor at any premises specified therein for consumption on the premises; (Added 3 of 1970 s. 3) "manifest" means the manifest of a ship or aircraft, and in relation to a vehicle, the statement referred to in section 22 of goods imported or for export in such vehicles;

"manufacture" includes every kind of preparation, mixing and treatment except packing and unpacking;

"master" includes every person, except a pilot, having command or charge of any ship;

"member of the Customs and Excise Service" means a person holding an office specified in Schedule 1 to the Customs and Excise Service Ordinance (Cap. 342); (Amended 46 of 1977 s. 18)

"net register" means register tonnage determined in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Tonnage) Regulations (App. I p. AB 1); (Replaced 3 of 1970 s. 3) "offence" means an offence against any of the provisions of this Ordinance, and includes any act or omission declared or deemed by any of the provisions of this Ordinance to be an offence: (Amended 3 of 1970 s. 36)

"permit" means a permit granted or issued under this Ordinance; "place" means any area on land or water and includes any ship, aircraft, vehicle, train, building, structure or enclosure, whether movable or not; (Added 66 of 1986 s. 3)

"railway" means the Kowloon-Canton Railway, British Section, and "by rail" means by means of the railway;

"Regional Council area” has the meaning assigned to it in the District Boards Ordinance (Cap. 366); (Added 39 of 1985 s. 60)

"ship" includes every description of vessel (not being or having the status of a vessel of war) used, or adapted for use, in navigation or for the carriage of goods or persons;