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109 PDFTitle:DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCEGazette Number:
Section:24Heading:Ships' or aircraft stores, etc.Version Date:30/06/1997

(1) Goods to which this Ordinance applies and which are imported as transit cargo or which are to be used as ships' or aircraft stores shall, while the ship or aircraft is in Hong Kong, be kept in the prescribed manner or, in the absence of such provision, in a secure place under the custody and control of the master or person in charge of the ship or aircraft. Goods so imported shall not be landed in Hong Kong unless the landing of such goods is specially authorized by the Commissioner in writing. (Amended 40 of 1974 s. 5)
(2) The issue of permits to export any dutiable commodities as ships' or aircraft stores shall be at the absolute discretion of the Commissioner or any person authorized by him.
(3) The master shall use only such quantity of dutiable commodities as ships' stores as the Commissioner or any person authorized by him shall in his discretion provide.

(Amended L.N. 294 of 1982)