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2172 ORDINANCE No. 22 of 1887 .


Opium (Raw.)

Penalties. 8. Any person offending against the provisions of sections 3, 4 and

6 shall, on 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 do not exceed six months ; and notwithstanding the penalty
for the breach of conditions to which licensees are subject, it shall be
lawful for a Magistrate to impose on a licensee a penalty not exceeding
five hundred dollars for a breach of any such conditions in case it may
not be deemed advisable to proceed for the full penalty under the licensee's
bond.

Permits for 9. Every person importing into the Colony any opium shall forth
landing of
chests of with report the same to an officer to be appointed by the Governor to be
opium.
named the Superintendent of Imports and Exports , hereinafter called the
Superintendent, giving the number of chests , and shall , before landing
such opium or any part thereof, send or cause to be sent to such Super
intendent a requisition in the form of schedule A giving the particulars
therein required , whereupon the Superintendent shall furnish a permit in
the form of schedule B authorising the opium to be landed and stored,
and such permit shall be exhibited to the opium farmer or his agent and
shall be signed by him or his agent and shall not be used or acted upon
until it is so signed .

Movement 10. Every person moving opium for exportation in chests shall,
and export of
chests of before doing so, send to the Superintendent a requisition in form of
opium.
schedule C furnishing the particulars therein required , whereupon the
Superintendent shall grant an export permit in the form of schedule D
authorising the said opium to be exported . The owner or shipper shall
cause such permit to be exhibited to the opium farmer or his agent, and
such permit shall be signed by him or his agent , and shall not be used or
acted upon until it is so signed.

Removal and 11. Every person moving a chest or chests of opium from one place
transhipment
of opium. to another within the Colony or transhipping such chest or chests within
the waters thereof shall before doing so, furnish to the Superintendent a
requisition properly filled up in the form of schedule E, whereupon the
Superintendent shall furnish a permit in the form of schedule Fauthorising
the transhipment or removal of the said opium , which permit shall be