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B584
L.N. 171/71.
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

PART II.
Import Licenses.

Prohibition of import of articles except under licence.
First Schedule.
3. (1) No person shall import—

(a) any article specified in the First Schedule; or
(b) any article directly or indirectly from Southern Rhodesia or from any other country if the article has been produced, manufactured or processed or has in any other way originated in Southern Rhodesia,

except under and in accordance with a licence.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.

PART III.
Export Licenses.

Prohibition of export of articles except under licence.
Second Schedule.
4. (1) No person shall export—

(a) any article specified in the second column of the Second Schedule to the country or place specified opposite thereto in the third column of that Schedule; or
(b) any article to Southern Rhodesia,

except under and in accordance with a licence.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.

Prohibition on issue of licences.
Second Schedule.
5. (1) Where, in relation to the export of any article specified in the Second Schedule to any country or place, there is in existence a quota system or an export authorization system, a licence to export such article to such country or place shall not be issued unless the person signing the application for the licence is the holder of a valid quota allocation certificate or valid export authorization relating to the export of that article.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from the powers conferred on the Director by section 3 of the Ordinance.

PART IV.
Miscellaneous.

Exemptions. 6. These regulations shall not apply to any article in transit.