SUGAR CONVENTION ORDINANCE, 1904

SUGAR CONVENTION ORDINANCE, 1904

No. 12 of 1904, repealed by No. 8 of 1912 s. 87.

No. 13 of 1904, repealed by No. 8 of 1912 s. 86.

0

No. 14 of 1904.
To give effect to Article VIII of the Grussels Sugar Convetion,
1902. [31stOctober, 1904.],
WHEMEAS, on 5th March, 1902, a convention bwtween His Majesty
the King and divers Foreign Powers was entered into at Brussels
in relation to sugar: AND WHEREAS pursuant to the said Convention
a permanent commission (referred to in this Ordinance as the Per-
rnanent Cornmission) has been established to watch the execution
of the provisions of the said Convention; AND W11FRFAS it is desired
to give effect in this Colony to Article VIII of the said Convention;
AX1) WHERFAq for that purpose it is, expedient to prohibit the im-
portation of all bounty-fed sugar:-

1. The Sugar Convention Ordinance, 1.904.

2. When it has been reported by the Permanent Commission and
notified in the Gazette that. any direct or indirect bounty on the
production or export of sugar is granted in any foreign country, no
sugar in respect of which such bounty is granted shall be imported
into the Colony. Any person. importing sugar in respect of which
such bounty is granted shall be liable, on summary conviction, to
a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and further to the forfeiture of
any article in respect of which such breach of this Ordinance is
committed. This section shall not apply to snorar In transit.
n

3. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council to make regula-
tions for the purposes of this Ordinance, and in particular for the
purpose of requiring that the origin of all sugar imported into the
Colony shall be proved by such certificate or other evidence as the
said regulations shall provide.

Is. 4, rel). No. 13 of 1912.]

No. 15 of 1.904, incorporatcd in No. 1 of 1904.

As amended by No. 1 of 1905 and No. 13 of 1912.
As amended by' No. 12 of 1912.
Short title. Prohibition of importation of bounty-fed sugar. Regulations.

Short title. Prohibition of importation of bounty-fed sugar. Regulations.

https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/943

1912

v2

No. 14 of 1904

1