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HONG KONG

Rh An Ordinance to provide for the regulation and control of the import of articles into Hong Kong, the export of articles from Hong Kong, and any matter incidental to or connected with the foregoing. [] Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof. PART I.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Import and Export Ordinance 1970, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by notice in the Gazette.

2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—

“air consignment note” and “air waybill” mean any document which—
 * (a) bears the signature of the owner, operator, charterer, authorized agent or commander of an aircraft; and
 * (b) records particulars of a contract for the consignment of cargo in an aircraft;

“aircraft” means any machine which can derive support in the atmosphere from reactions of the air;

“article in transit” means an article which—
 * (a) is brought into Hong Kong solely for the purpose of taking it out of Hong Kong; and