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OPIUM ( raw ). [ 22 OF 1887. ] 969

3. No person shall bring into the Colony, or the waters thereof “Import of
loose opium
or receive therein any loose opium . prohibited ."
[ Ibid . ]
4. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer on such terms Sale of opium
and conditions as may be approved by the Governor in Council, in quantities
to grant licences for the sale of opiuin intended for export in chest.
quantities less than one chest, and no person except the holders
of such licences shall be permitted to sell or barter within the
Colony or its waters opium in quantities less than one chest.
The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball of
Bengal opium or three catties of Valwa, Persian , or Turkish
opium is hereby forbidden .
5. It shall be the duty of holders of licences to attach to all Sale certifi
parcels of opiun sold by them in quantities less than one chest, cates granted
a certificate in the following form : -
Date, 188
No.
Sold this day to
balls Bengal, catties Malwa or
to be ex ported by him to
per ship
This certificate shall not be valid after noon of the
Chop.
6. No person except the opium farmer or the licensed retail Possessi on of
dealers shall have in his possession or under his custody or loose[ Ibid.
opium .
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control any loi se opium without a certificate of purchase from a
licensee except he can show to the satisfaction ofa Magistrate :
( a . ) That the said opium is covered by a certificate of one
of the licensees.
( 6. ) That he has received it under an official export permit,
Provided always that it shall be in the absolute
discretion of the officer charged with issuing export [ Sce No. 21
permits to grant or withhold the same, and that of 1891 , s. 9. ]
this section shall not apply to samples notexceeding
two taels covered by a certificate of the importer.
7. It shall be the duty of the licensees to keep a register of. Register to be
the particulars of purchase and sale in such forin as the Governor licensees.
kept by
may from time to time order..
8. Any person offending against the provisions of sections 3 , Penalties.
4 and 6 shall, ou conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and the forfeiture of
the opium or in default imprisonment with or without hard
labour for a period not exceeding three months, or the Magistrate
may order a period of imprisonment with or without hard labour
in lieu of a portion of the fine, provided the whole imprisonment