§ 5. Mr. THURTLEasked the Undersecretary of State for India whether the Government of India agreed at Geneva to allow an independent committee of the League of Nations to visit India to examine the control of the opium traffic?
§ Earl WINTERTONUnder the Protocol to the Geneva Convention a Commission will be appointed by the Council of the League of Nations to decide at the end of five years whether control in the signatory countries is sufficient to prevent completely the smuggling of opium from constituting a serious obstacle to the effective suppression of the use of prepared opium in those territories where such use is temporarily authorised. The Protocol has been accepted by the Government of India.
| STATEMENT regarding prosecutions arising from seizures of cocaine by the Customs Authoritie at Bombay. | ||||
| Date of Arrest. | Name of Accused. | Sentence. | ||
| 31st August, 1925 | … | Taro Ohta | … | 9 months' rigorous imprisonment. |
| 7th September, 1925 | … | Rhadikhan Mujadkhan | … | Fine of Rs. 250 or 3 mouths' rigorous imprisonment (the fine was paid). |
| 16th September, 1925 | … | Kamakubo Tani | … | 6 months' rigorous imprisonment. |
| 28th September, 1925 | … | Fusatoka Mayada | … | 9 months' rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs. 1,000 or 3 months' rigorous imprisonment (the fine was not paid). |