Agricultural Products (Regulation of Import) Act, 1938

Customs provisions.

3.—(1) Articles prohibited to be imported by an order made under this Act shall be deemed to be included amongst the goods enumerated and described in the Table of Prohibitions and Restrictions Inwards contained in section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876 , and the provisions of that Act, as amended or extended by any subsequent Act, applying to the importation of prohibited or restricted goods, shall apply accordingly.

(2) Where any articles are imported in contravention of an order made under this Act, an officer of Customs and Excise may require any person (being the importer or the carrier concerned) to export such articles within a specified time and if such person fails to comply with such requisition he shall be guilty of an offence under this sub-section and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of fifty pounds.

(3) An offence under sub-section (2) of this section may be prosecuted by the Revenue Commissioners.