Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1882

Grant of duty on imitations of coffee and on coffee mixtures.

5. (1.) There shall be granted and paid to Her Majesty upon every quarter of a pound weight of any article or substance prepared or manufactured for the purpose of being in imitation of, or in any respect to resemble, or to serve as a substitute for, coffee or chicory, which is sold or kept for sale in the United Kingdom, and also upon every quarter of a pound weight of any mixture of such article or substance as aforesaid with coffee or chicory which is sold or kept for sale in the United Kingdom, the duty of excise of one halfpenny.

(2.) The said duty shall be under the care and management of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and shall be denoted by, and collected by means of, an adhesive label or labels to be provided by the said Commissioners.

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(4.) All the powers, clauses, regulations, and directions contained in any Act relating to duties of excise or to penalties under Excise Acts, and now or hereafter in force, shall be of full force and effect with respect to the said duty and the penalties by this Act imposed, so far as the same are applicable, as fully and effectually as if the same had been herein specially enacted with reference to such duty and penalties.