Control of Imports (Amendment) Act, 1937

Exclusion of certain articles from all quota orders.

4.—In lieu of sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Principal Act (which is repealed by this Act) it is hereby enacted that no quota order, whether made before or after the passing of this Act, shall apply to or affect or, in the case of a quota order made before the passing of this Act, be deemed ever to have applied to or affected the importation into Saorstát Eireann of—

(a) articles (whether manufactured or produced in or imported into Saorstát Eireann) which are shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to have been exported from Saorstát Eireann, whether such exportation took place before or after the date of such quota order or the passing of the Principal Act or this Act, or

(b) any article which is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners to be imported in substitution for a similar article which had been imported (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under a licence issued under the Principal Act or this Act and subsequently either exported or destroyed without having been substantially used in Saorstát Eireann.