Zealand for any purpose whatever, whether as permanent residents or as visitors, except only the persons and classes of persons defined in paragraphs (d), (e), (f), and (g) of Section 13 of the Principal Act.

15. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contrary in Section 10 of "The Promissory Oaths Act, 1908," every person who by birth or naturalisation is a subject of His Majesty and to whom this Part of this Act applies shall on arrival in New Zealand and before landing in New Zealand take the oath of allegiance to His Majesty in the form set forth in Section 2 of The Promissory Oaths Act, 1908."

in

16. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary Section 10 of The Promissory Oaths Act, 1908," every person to whom this Part of this Act applies who is not a subject of His Majesty shall on arrival in New Zealand and before landing in New Zealand take an oath in the form following:

being a subject of

I. do swear that I will faithfully observe and obey the laws of New Zealand so long as I shall be resident in New Zealand, and that I will not in any manner aid or abet any breach of any such laws, and that I will not be concerned in any manner directly or indirectly in any act which would be disloyal to His Majesty King George V if committed by a subject of his said Majesty. So help me God!

17. Every officer of Customs is hereby declared to be a person duly authorised to administer the oath of allegiance or the oath set forth in the last preceding section, as the case may require, to any person arriving in New Zealand.

18. Every person to whom this Part of this Act applies who refuses or neglects to take the oath required by this Act before landing in New Zealand is hereby declared to be a prohibited immigrant for all the purposes of Part II of the Principal Act, and shall be proceeded against and dealt with accordingly.

19. A person shall not be exempt from the provisions of this Part of this Act by reason that he is domiciled in New Zealand, or that he is returning to New Zealand, or that he has on some previous arrival in New Zealand taken the oath required in his case by this Act.

20. If a person who is not a subject of His Majesty acts after his arrival in New Zealand in any manner in contravention of the terms of his oath as hereinbefore set forth, he shall thereupon be deemed to be a prohibited immigrant for all the purposes of Part II of the Principal Act, and may be proceeded against and dealt with accordingly.

PART III.-General.

21. On payment or offer of payment to the owner, charterer, or master of any vessel about to leave New Zealand of a reasonable sum on account of the carriage from New Zealand of any person proposed to be removed from New Zealand, whether under the Principal Act or this Act, it shall be the duty of the owner, charterer, or master, as the case may be, to receive and retain that person on board the vessel; and if such owner, charterer, or master refuses to receive or retain that person on board, or connives at or is privy to his escape from the vessel, he commits an offence, and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of 1001.

22.-(1.) The Minister may from time to time, by writing under his hand, delegate to any officer of Customs all or any of the powers (except this present power of delegation) exercisable by him under the Principal Act or this Act.

(2.) Every such delegation shall be revocable at will, and no such delegation shall prevent the exercise of any power by the Minister.

(3.) Any such delegation may be made subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Minister thinks fit, and may be made either generally or in relation to any particular

case.

(4.) Any such delegation shall, until revoked, continue in force according to its tenor, notwithstanding the fact that the Minister by whom it was made has ceased to hold office, and shall continue to have effect as if made by the successor in office of that Minister.

ORDINANCE of the Government of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria to amend "The Immigration Restriction Ordinance, 1917."

{No. 21.]

(L.S.) HUGH Clifford,

November 24, 1920.

[November 24, 1920.*]

BE it enacted by the Governor of the Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council so far as the provisions hereof relate to the Colony, as follows:

1. The Ordinance may be cited as "The Immigration Restriction (Amendment) Ordinance, 1920.”

* Date of commencement, November 25, 1920.

2. "The Immigration Restriction Ordinance, 1917,"* is hereby amended by adding at the end of Section 5 the following paragraph:

(i.) Any person who has not in his possession a passport issued to him not more than two years previously by or on behalf of the Government of the country of which he is a subject or citizen, or some other document satisfactorily establishing his nationality and identity, to which passport or document there must be attached a photograph of the person to whom it relates.

ORDINANCE of the Government of the Colony of Saint Lucia to give effect to the measures decided upon in the International Opium Convention signed at The Hague, January 23, 1912, and to regulate the importation, storage and disposal of Opium, Morphine, Cocaine and similar Drugs.

No. 1 of 1913: No. 107, 1916 Revision.]

[Became law, June 12, 1920.†] WHEREAS the Government of the Colony of Saint Lucia has agreed to be bound by the International Opium Convention signed at The Hague on the 23rd day of January, 1912;‡

And whereas it is expedient to regulate the importation, storage and disposal of opium, morphine, cocaine and similar .drugs:

66

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Opium Ordi

rance.

2. In this Ordinance the term

"Raw opium" means the spontaneously coagulated juice obtained from the capsules of the " papaver somniferum which has only been submitted to the necessary manipulations for packing and transport;

"Prepared opium" means the product of raw opium, obtained by a series of special operations, especially by dissolving, boiling, roasting and fermentation, designed to transform it into an extract suitable for consumption, and includes dross and all other residues remaining when opium has been -smoked;

"Medicinal opium" means raw opium which has been *Vol. CXI, page 226.

+ The Ordinance became law on publication of the Proclamation of June 10, 1920 (No. 13 of 1920), in the "Saint Lucia Government Gazette -of June 12, 1920.

Vol. CV, page 490.

heated to 60° centigrade and contains not less than 10 per cent. of morphine, whether or not it be powdered or granulated or mixed with indifferent materials;

"Morphine means the principal alkaloid of opium, having the chemical formula C1, H1, NO,;

17

diacetyl-morphine,

Heroin " means chemical formula C11 H23 NO;

21

having the

"Cocaine" means the principal alkaloid of the leaves of Erythroxylon Coca, having the chemical formula C1, H2, NO,; "Similar drugs" includes

17

(a.) All preparations whether officinal or non-officinal, as well as the so-called anti-opium remedies, which contain more than 0.2 per cent. of morphine, or more than 0.1 per cent. of cocaine;

(b.) Heroin, its salts and preparations containing more than 0.1 per cent. of heroin;

(c.) All new derivatives of morphine, of cocaine, or of their respective salts, and every other alkaloid of opium which has been demonstrated by scientific research to be liable to similar abuse and in its abuse productive of like ill-effects.

66

66

97 66

Opium," when used without any qualifying epithet, shall be taken to include "raw opium," "medicinal opium," "morphine,' heroin,' cocaine," and similar drugs; "Store" means any place appointed by the Governor for the storage of opium on its arrival at any port in the Colony. 3. It shall not be lawful to grow or cultivate the opium poppy ("papaver somniferum ").

4. It shall not be lawful to import into the Colony any prepared opium.

5. All opium imported into the Colony shall be deposited, at the cost, risk and peril of the person or persons importing the same, in such store as shall be appointed by the Governor for that purpose.

6. No opium shall be delivered or withdrawn from a store except on the written authority of the medical officer of the district in which the store is situated.

7. It shall not be lawful to authorise any withdrawal of opium from a store except by registered medical practitioners, dentists and druggists.

8. Where any opium imported into the Colony is, without. the proper authority, found in the possession of any person or kept in a place other than a store, such person or the occupier of such place, unless he can prove that the same was deposited there without his knowledge or consent, and also the owner of, or other person guilty of keeping, the opium, shall be guilty of an offence.

9. Any person contravening the provisions of any of the preceding sections shall, on summary conviction before a

magistrate, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 1001. or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for any period not exceeding twelve months, and the magistrate may order any prepared opium, or opium unlawfully imported or withdrawn from the store, to be forfeited to His Majesty.

10.—(1.) It shall be lawful for a magistrate, if satisfied by information on oath that any opium or prepared opium is being unlawfully kept, conveyed or landed in contravention of this Ordinance at any place, whether a building or not, or in any ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war) or vehicle, to grant a warrant to enter at any time, and if needs be by force, on Sundays as well as on any other days, the place, ship or vehicle named in such warrant, and every part thereof, and to examine the same, and to search for any opium or prepared opium unlawfully kept therein, and to demand from the owner or occupier thereof the production of the authority for being in possession of the same.

(2.) When the officer or other person executing such warrant has reasonable cause to believe that any prepared opium or opium found by him in any such place, ship or vehicle is being kept, conveyed or landed in contravention of this Ordinance, he may seize and detain the same until the magistrate has decided whether the same is liable to be forfeited or not.

(3.) Proceedings in a Magistrate's Court shall be commenced as soon as possible after the seizure.

11. Any person acting under the aforementioned warrant shall not be liable to any suit for seizing or detaining any prepared opium or opium.

12. Whoever attempts to commit or aids or abets in the commission of any offence against this Ordinance may be dealt with in the same way, and shall be liable to the same penalty, as if he were charged with the actual offence.

13. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make such Rules as he may consider expedient for the regulation of the importation, landing, storage, withdrawal or conveyance of any opium imported into this Colony and any person contravening the same shall, on summary conviction before a magistrate, be liable for every offence to a penalty not exceeding 51.

14. All penalties incurred under this Ordinance may be recovered before a magistrate, for which purpose every magistrate shall have jurisdiction to the extent of the said penalties.

15. This Ordinance shall come into operation on and after such day as the Governor may appoint by Proclamation.*

*See footnote on page 307.