Section 15, The Dangerous Drugs Short title

(1) vVhere any drugs or articles to which this Ordinanceapplies are consigned to some place elsewhere than within the Colony and are brought within the territorial waters of the Colony by a ship by which on the same voyage they are intended to leave such territorial waters, none of such drugs or articles shall be- Dangerous drugs in transit. (a) removed from the ship, or (b) removed from such territorial waters, except under and in accordance with an appropriate written authority issued for that purpose by the Comptroller of Customs or by some Customs Officer empowered by the Comptroller of Customs to give such authority. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this sub-section shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance. (2} Subject to any rules which may be made under this section, the granting of any such authority and the revocation of *Now by the Secretary·General of the United Nations. S.L.-VoL. III-28 Licences. Application of section 62 of Cap. 271. the same shall lie in the absolute discretion of the Comptroller of Customs or such Customs Officer, and theComptrollerofCustoms or such Customs Officer may grant such authority subject to any conditions he may think fit to impose. (3) The Governor in Council may make rules- (a) providing for notice being given by masters of ships as to whether they have on board any drugs or articles to which this Ordinance applies, and prescribing the particulars to be given with such notice; (b) prescribing the cases in which, and the conditions on which, the authority mentioned in the first sub-section of this section rnay be given; (c) providing for notice being given of the removal from the territorial waters of the Colony of any such drugs or articles by the ship bringing the same into such waters; and (d) for purposes incidental to any of the matters referred to in this sub-section. pART VII.-GENERAL.