REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ORDINANCE, 1922

REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS ORDINANCE, 1922

No. 12 of 1922.

An Ordinance to Provide for the registration of imports and
exports, and for purposes connected theiezuith.

[1st July, 1922.]

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Registration of
Imports and Exports Ordinance, 1922.

2. In this Ordinance, ' Superintendent ' means Superin-
tendent of Imports and Exports and includes any assistant
superi nten dent.

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make
regulations for the following purposes-

(a) prescribing the conditions under which goods may be
imported into the Colony;

(b) prescribing the conditions under which goods may be
exported out of the Colony

(c) imposing upon importers, exporters, shipowners and
others the duty of furnishing such particulars as may be
prescribed for the compilation of trade returns and statistics.

4. Every person who contravenes or fails to comply with
any of the provisions of this Ordinance or of any regulation
made thereunder shall upon summary conviction be liable to a
fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars and to imprison-
ment for any term not exceeding six months.

5.-(1) It shall be lawful for any public officer authorized
thereto in writing by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports,
either generally'or for a particular occasion, to enter any place
and to board any ship (not being or having the status of a ship
of war) and to open any cargo either on land or on board ship
and to search and take samples of the contents.

The regulations formerly contained in the Schedule to this Ordinance
have been transferred to the corresponding volume of the Regulations
of Hong Kong.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1939, Supp. Sched.
(2) No person shall obstruct any entry, search or taking . of
samples authorized by this section.

6. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent to call on any
person to produce for inspection any books or other documents
that may seem to the Superintendent necessary for the
verification of any particulars which are required to be furnished
under this Ordinance, and such person shall thereupon be
bound to produce such documents forthwith at the office of the
Superintendent.
[Originally No. 12 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalties. Search. Production of documents.

[Originally No. 12 of 1922. Law Rev. Ord., 1939.] Short title. Interpretation. Regulations. Penalties. Search. Production of documents.

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