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| (1) The provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder relating to food which are excisable articles within the meaning of the Excise Ordinance shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the provisions of that Ordinance. |
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| (2) The provisions of the Customs Ordinance shall apply for the purposes of the enforcement, and prevention and punishment of contraventions or attempted contraventions, of the provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder relating to the importation of any food. |
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| (3) For the purposes of the application of the Customs Ordinance to any food the importation of which is prohibited under this Act, such food shall be deemed to be goods the importation of which is prohibited under that Ordinance. |
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| (4) In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the regulations made under this Act and by-laws made by any local authority under any written law, the regulations made under this Act shall prevail. |
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