Finance (No. 2) Act, 1947

Alteration of duties on tobacco.

7.—(1) The duty of customs on tobacco imposed by section 20 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932), shall, as on and from the 16th day of October, 1947, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act in lieu of the rates at which the said duty is now chargeable by virtue of section 6 of the Finance Act, 1947 (No. 15 of 1947).

(2) The duty of excise on tobacco imposed by section 19 of the Finance Act, 1934 (No. 31 of 1934), shall, as on and from the 16th day of October, 1947, be charged, levied, and paid at the several rates specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act in lieu of the rates at which the said duty is now chargeable by virtue of section 6 of the Finance Act, 1947 (No. 15 of 1947).

(3) Subsections (3) to (5) of the said section 19 of the Finance Act, 1934 , shall apply to tobacco which is chargeable with the duty of excise imposed by subsection (1) of that section at a rate specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act and for the purpose of such application references in the said subsections (3) to (5) of the said section 19 to Part I of the Sixth Schedule to the said Finance Act, 1934 , shall be construed and have effect as references to Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act.

(4) The rebate on hard pressed tobacco mentioned in subsection (2) of section 17 of the Finance Act, 1940 (No. 14 of 1940), shall, in respect of any such tobacco sold and sent out for use within the State by any licensed manufacturer on or after the 16th day of October, 1947, be at the rate of two shillings and eight pence per pound.