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IMPORT AND EXPORT
Ord. No. 67/70
A351

“Director” means—
(a) the Director of Commerce and Industry;
(b) except where the expression “Director of Commerce and Industry” is used, any Deputy or Assistant Director of Commerce and Industry; and
(c) the Commissioner of the Preventive Service and any Deputy or Assistant Commissioner of the Preventive Service;

“domestic premises” means any premises or place used exclusively for residential purposes and constituting a separate household unit;

“export” means to take, or cause to be taken, out of Hong Kong any article other than an article in transit;

“import” means to bring, or cause to be brought, into Hong Kong any article other than an article in transit;

“licence” means a licence, certificate, authorization or permit issued under the provisions of this Ordinance;

“manifest” means a document which records or purports to record such particulars of the consignment of cargo in or on any vessel, aircraft or vehicle as may be prescribed by the Director of Commerce and Industry under section 17;

“master” means, in respect of a vessel, the person (except a pilot) having for the time being command or charge of the vessel;

“member of the Preventive Service” means any person holding an office specified in the First Schedule to the (Cap. 342.)Preventive Service Ordinance;

“Owner” means, other than for the purposes of Part VI—

(a) in respect of an article, any person being or holding himself out to be the owner, importer, exporter, consignee, agent or person in possession of, or beneficially interested in, or having any control of, or power of disposition over, the article; and
(b) in respect of a vessel, aircraft or vehicle—
(i) the registered owner and any person holding him- self out to be the owner thereof;
(ii) any person acting as agent for the owner in connexion with the handling of cargo carried in or on the vessel, aircraft or vehicle;