Application of Power of constables Respecting licenses. Offences and penalties. Part IV. 9. The provisions of Chapter 22 of the Consolidated Statutes (Third Series) entitled "Of the Customs" and of any Act or Acts amending that Chapter, relating to the prohibition of the import or export of articles, shall, so far as they may be applicable, apply to the import or export of articles of which the importation or exportation is prohibited by virtue of this Act. 10. (1) Any constable or other person authorised in that behalf by any general or special order of the Minister of Finance and Customs shall, for the purposes of the execution of this Act, have power to enter the premises of any person carrying on the business of a producer, manufacturer, seller or distributor of any drugs to which this Act applies, and to demand the production of and to inspect any books relating to dealings in any such drugs and to inspect any stocks of any such drugs. (2) If any person wilfully delays or obstructs any person in the exercise of his powers under this section or fails to produce or conceals or attempts to conceal any such books or stocks as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. 11. Licenses or authorities for the purpose of this Act may be issued or granted by the Minister of Finance and Customs and may be issued or granted on such terms and subject to such conditions as the Minister of Finance and Customs thinks proper. 12. (1) If any person acts in contravention of or fails to comply with any regulation made under this Act, or acts in contravention of or fails to comply with the conditions of any license issued or authority granted under or in pursuance of this Act, he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. (2) Any person guilty of an offence against this Act shall thousand dollars or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding two years, or to both such fine and imprisonment, and the court dealing with either such case may, in addition to any other punishment, order the goods in respect of which the offence was committed to be forfeited. (3) Any proceedings for an offence against this Act before a court of summary jurisdiction may, notwithstanding any enactment prescribing the time within which such proceedings may be brought, be brought either within the time so prescribed or within three months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Minister of Finance and Customs to justify a prosecution for the offence comes to his knowledge, whichever is the longer, and, for the purposes of this sub-section, a certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister of Finance and Customs as to the date on which suchl evidence as aforesaid come sto his knowledge shall be conc usive evidence thereof. 13. Any constable may arrest without warrant any person Power to arrest. who has committed, or attempted to commit, or is reasonably suspected by the constable of having committed or attempted to commit, an offence against this Act, if he has reasonable ground for believing that that person will abscond unless arrested, or if the name and address of that person are unknown to and cannot be ascertained by him. 14. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: Interpretation. The expression "raw opium" includes powdered or granulated opium, but does not include medicinal The expression "prepared opium" means opium prepared Short title. The expression "medicinal opium" means raw opium which has been artificially dried; The expression "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations; The expression "approved ports" means ports approved by the Governor in Council for the importation or exportation, as the case may be, of raw opium. (2) For the purposes of this Act, any article shall be deemed to be imported under license or exported under license if the importer or exporter, as the case may be, is the holder of a license issued under this Act authorizing the importation or exportation, as the case may be, of the article and complies with the conditions, if any, of the license, but not otherwise. 15. This Act may be cited as the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1922. CAP. V. Preamble. An Act for the Disposal of Surplus funds collected for SECTION 1--Payment to St. John Ambulance Association confirmed. 2-Expenditures of balance of funds. Passed April 5th, 1922. SECTION 3-Respecting balance unexpended. WHEREAS during the Great War there were collected by the Newfoundland centre of the St. John Ambulance Association certain funds for the establishment and maintenance of Hospital cots in England and France for wounded soldiers and sailors. And whereas at the termination of the war a balance remained unexpended in the hands of the Treasurer of the And whereas it is desirable to ratify the act of the said Association in expending a portion of said balance, and to authorize the expenditure of the balance in a manner recommended and approved by the said Association. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Enacting clause. Council and House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: Payment to St. 1. The payment of one thousand pounds sterling to the St. John Ambulance Association for the establishment and John Ambulance perpetual endowment of a hospital cot in the hospital of the firmed. Order at Jerusalem in memory of the sailors and soldiers from Newfoundland killed in the War 1914-1918 is hereby ratified and confirmed. balance of funds. 2. The Newfoundland centre of the Association is hereby Expenditure of authorized and directed to expend the balance of the said funds in the following manner that is to say, by the pay ment: (a) Of the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to the New- (b) Of the sum of two thousand dollars to the Patriotic (c) Of the sum of two thousand dollars to the Marine (d) of the sum of three thousand dollars to War Memo- (e) To Grand Falls Ladies' Aid, drafts in sterling held by D Respecting balance unexpended. Act to be public & general. Short title. 3. The Newfoundland centre of the said Association is hereby authorized and directed to retain the balance of the said fund in recognition of the valuable work performed by it, the said sum to be used by it for the encouragement and continuance of its work. 4. This Act is hereby declared to be Public and General. 5. This Act may be cited as The Cot Fund (Disposal) Act, 1922. CAP. VI. An Act respecting the Tuberculosis Sanitarium and the Sudbury Hospital. Passed June 20th, 1922. Enacting clause. Tuberculosis Sudbury Hospital to be under control of Hospital Governors. Maintenance and SECTION 1-Tuberculosis Sanitarium and Sudbury Hospital to be under control of Hospital BE E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened as follows: 1. The institutions at St. John's known as the Tuberculosis Sanitarium and the Sudbury Hospital shall from the date of the passing of this Act be under the control and direction of the Governors of the General Hospital, who shall have the same powers and be under the same duties respecting the Management and regulation of all matters in relation to the said institutions as are at present assigned to them by the provisions of Chapter 44 of the Consolidated Statutes in respect of the General Hospital. 2. The Department of Public Works shall be the executive authority responsible for the maintenance of |