Finance Act, 1918

Increased duties on spirits.

3.(1) In lieu of the duties of Customs payable on spirits imported into Great Britain or Ireland, there shall, as from the twenty-third day of April, nineteen hundred and engiteen, be charged, levied, and paid, subject as hereinafter provided, the duties specified in Part I. of the First Schedule to this Act, together with the additional duties specified in Part II. of that Schedule.

(2) In lieu of the Excise duty payable for every gallon computed at proof of spirits distilled in Great Britain or Ireland there shall, as from the twenty-third day of April, nineteen hundred and eighteen, be charged, levied, and paid, an Excise duty of one pound and ten shillings, together with the additional duties specified in Part III. of the First Schedule to this Act.

And so in proportion for any less quantity.