Finance Act, 1956

PART II.

Customs and Excise.

Tobacco.

8.—(1) In this section—

“the Act of 1932” means the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932);

“the Act of 1934” means the Finance Act, 1934 (No. 31 of 1934);

“the Act of 1952” means the Finance Act, 1952 (No. 14 of 1952).

(2) The duty of customs on tobacco imposed by section 20 of the Act of 1932 shall, as on and from the 9th day of May, 1956, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates at which the said duty is now chargeable by virtue of section 12 of the Act of 1952.

(3) The duty of excise on tobacco imposed by section 19 of the Act of 1934 shall, as on and from the 9th day of May, 1956, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates at which the said duty is now chargeable by virtue of section 12 of the Act of 1952.

(4) Subsections (3) and (4) of the said section 19 of the Act of 1934, and subsection (5) thereof subject to subsection (5) of this section, shall apply to tobacco which is chargeable with the duty of excise imposed by subsection (1) of the said section 19 at a rate specified in Part II of the First Schedule to this Act, and for the purpose of such application references in the said subsections (3), (4) and (5) of the said section 19 to Part I of the Sixth Schedule to the said Act of 1934 shall be construed and have effect as references to Part II of the First Schedule to this Act.

(5) The rebate on unmanufactured tobacco mentioned in subsection (3) of section 20 of the Act of 1932, as amended by section 18 of the Act of 1934, and in subsection (5) of section 19 of the Act of 1934, shall, on and from the 9th day of May, 1956, be at the rate of five pence per pound.

(6) 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 9th day of May, 1956, be at the rate of twelve shillings and four pence per pound.

(7) As respects unmanufactured tobacco which, apart from this subsection, would be entitled by virtue of section 5 of the Finance Act, 1950 (No. 18 of 1950), to the preferential rates of customs duties specified in the Second Schedule to the Finance Act, 1949 (No. 13 of 1949), the duty of customs chargeable thereon on delivery from bonded warehouse shall, as on and from the 9th day of May, 1956, be charged, levied and paid at the rates for unmanufactured tobacco specified in Part III of the First Schedule to this Act.