Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1883

CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACT 1883

CHAPTER X.

An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue. [31st May 1883.]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1883.

PART I.

Customs and Excise.

[S. 2 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]

Certain explosives to be restricted goods under 38 & 39 Vict. c. 36.

46 & 47 Vict. c. 3.

39 & 40 Vict. c. 36.

3. All explosives within the meaning of the Explosives Act, 1875, on the unloading or landing of which any restriction is imposed by or in pursuance of that Act, and all explosive substances within the meaning of the Explosive Substances Act, 1883, which are forfeited under that Act, shall be deemed to be restricted goods within the meaning of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, and this section shall be read as part of the last-mentioned Act.

Alteration of date of expiration of game licences.

23 & 24 Vict. c. 90.

4. Every licence or certificate to kill game now in force, or to be taken out under the Game Licences Act, 1860, which expires, or would expire, under the provisions of that Act on the fifth day of April, shall expire on the thirty-first day of July, and wherever in such provisions the fifth day of April is mentioned or referred to, the same shall be read as if the thirty-first day of July had been therein inserted in lieu of the said fifth day of April.

Game licences for short periods.

23 & 24 Vict. c. 90.

5. A licence or certificate to kill game may be taken out under the provisions of the Game Licenses Act, 1860, for a continuous period of fourteen days to be specified in such licence or certificate, and there shall be granted and paid thereon the duty of one pound.

Expiration of gun licences.

33 & 34 Vict. c. 57.

6. Every licence granted under the Gun Licence Act, 1870, shall expire on the thirty-first day of July next following the day of the date thereof: Provided, that in the case of any such licence in force at the passing of this Act, or to be granted before the first day of August next after the passing thereof, the same shall not expire until the thirty-first day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

[S. 7 rep. 51 & 52 Vict. c. 8. s. 26. SS. 8–12 rep. 61 & 62 Vict. c. 22 (S.L.R.)]