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1306 ( 15 of 1890.] MERCIIANDISE MARKS .

tion , notices, and security to be given , and the evidence requisite
for any of the purposes of the said section, and the mode of verifi
cation of such evidence .
And it is further provided by the said last -mentioned section :
That before detaining goods or taking proceedings with a view
to the forfeiture thereof under the law relating to the
ordinance, the Superintendent may require that such regl
lations as aforesaid shall be complied with, and satisfy
himself as to the liability of the goods to forfeiture.
That such regulations may apply to all goods, the importation
of which is prohibited by the said section, or different
regulations may be made respecting different classes of
such goods.
And also that the regulations may provide for the informant reimbursing
the Superintendent all expenses and damages incurred in respect of
a vy detention made ou such information and of any proceedings
consequent on such detention .
Now , therefore, the Governor in Council under and by virtue of the here.
iubefore recited power in that behalf doth hereby make and require to be
complied with the following regulations, viz.:
1. Whenever the Superintendent shall have reasonable cause for believing
or shall be informed by any private person as hereinafter mentioned that goods
prohibited to beimported as hereinbefore recited, having applied to them forged
trade marks, false trade descriptions or marks, names, or descriptions otherwise
illegal, are in or upon any ship, junk or boat of any description in the waters
of the Colony for the purpose of being landed or transhipped in the Colony
or are in or upon any wharf gotowu or premises in the Colony, it shall be
lawful for the Superintendent or any officer deputed by him to enter such
ship junk boat, wharf godown or premises and seize and detain any such
suspected goods and then and there or at such other time as may be con
venient to inspect and examine the same and for that purpose to order them
to be removed to or detained in such place as he may determine: provided
always that if any private person with a view to the detention of any such
gooils shall give information to the Superintendent, he shall in such informa
tiou comply with the following conditions, viz.: –
( i . ) lle must give to the Superintendent, notice in writing of expected
importation, stating,
The mumber of packages expected, as far as he is able to
state the same.
The description of the goods by marks or orber particulars
suulicient for their identification .
The vame or other sufficient indication of the importing ship.
The manner in which the goods infringe the ordinance.
The expected day of the arrival of the ship.
( ii .) He must deposit with the Superintendent a sum sufficient, in the
opinion of that officer, to cover any aditional expense which
may be incurred in the examination required by reason of his
notice and may be required to find security, pursuant to the notice
in that behalf in the schedule hereto.
2. If, upon the arrival and examination of the goods, the Superintendent
is satisfied that there is no ground for their detention , the Superintendent
shall cause them to be released and redelivered . If he is not so satisfied, he
may decide to permanently detain the goods, and in the case of detention
upon information from a private person, he may require security from the
informant, if he has not alreaily given such security, for reimbursing the
Superintendent all expenses and damages incurred in respect of the detention
maile on his information and of any proceeilings consequent thereon .