Section 2

which is unfit for human consumption; or

the consumption of which is harmful to human beings, as certified by a Government chemist or a Government medical officer;

“gallon” means the imperial gallon;

“illicit samsu” means any intoxicating liquor which has been manufactured without authorization;

“intoxicating liquor” includes any alcohol or any liquid of any description containing more than two per centum of proof spirit but does not include any approved denatured alcohol;

“manufacture” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means, in relation to intoxicating liquor, making, producing, distilling, brewing, fermenting, bottling, and includes the addition of any substance (other than water) to such liquor and the blending, compounding or otherwise varying its composition;

“manufacturing apparatus” means any still or part of a still for manufacturing illicit samsu or any utensil or other apparatus for such purpose;

“proof spirit” means that mixture of alcohol and distilled water which at the temperature of fifty-one degrees Fahrenheit weighs exactly twelve-thirteenth parts of an equal measure of distilled water at the same temperature;

“proper officer” means—

any police officer appointed under the Police Act 1967

[Act 344]; or

any officer of customs so defined in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235], and includes any senior officer;

“senior officer” means—

any police officer of the rank of Inspector and above; or

any senior officer of customs so defined in subsection 2(1) of the Customs Act 1967;

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“ship” means every description of vessel used in the navigation of water and includes any vessel exclusively propelled by oars, paddles or poles;

“trafficking”, in relation to illicit samsu, includes the doing, even on one occasion only, of any of the following acts otherwise than under the authorization of any written law, that is to say, importing, exporting, selling, buying, receiving, keeping, concealing, storing, giving, carrying, transporting, sending, delivering, procuring, supplying or distributing.