Finance Act, 1935

Alteration of duties on sugar.

12.—(1) In lieu of the present customs duties, drawbacks, and allowance (other than duties imposed by a statutory order (for the time being in force) made by the Executive Council and confirmed by Act of the Oireachtas) in respect of sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin, there shall be charged, levied, and paid in respect of all sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin imported into Saorstát Eireann on or after the 16th day of May, 1935, the customs duties specified in the second column of Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act, and there shall be paid and allowed in respect of all sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin so imported the drawbacks and allowance set cut in Part II of the said Schedule.

(2) In lieu of the present excise duties, drawbacks, and allowance in respect of sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin, there shall, as on and from the 16th day of May, 1935, be charged, levied, and paid in respect of all sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin made in Saorstát Eireann the excise duties specified in the third and fourth columns of Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act and be allowed and paid in respect of all sugar, molasses, glucose, and saccharin so made the drawbacks and allowance set out in Part II of the said Schedule.

(3) Section 40 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932), shall apply in relation to the customs duties imposed by this section in like manner as the said section applies in relation to the duties mentioned therein.

(4) The provisions contained in Part III of the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1925 (No. 28 of 1925), shall apply in relation to the duties, drawbacks, and allowances imposed or allowed by this section in like manner as those provisions apply in relation to the duties, drawbacks, and allowances mentioned in the said First Schedule, but with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) in clause 5, the 16th day of May, 1935, shall be substituted for the 6th day of May, 1925;

(b) in clause 7, the reference to sections 26 and 27 of the said Finance Act, 1925 , shall be construed as a reference to this section.

(5) Section 25 of the Finance Act, 1931 (No. 31 of 1931), shall apply in relation to the duties, drawbacks, and allowances imposed or allowed by this section in like manner as it applies in relation to the duties, drawbacks, and allowances mentioned therein.