Customs Consolidation Act, 1876

Rewards to officers making seizures.

213. The Commissioners of Customs may order to be paid in respect of any seizure made under the Customs Acts, to the person or persons making the same, such rewards as they may see fit, not exceeding the value of the goods or things so seized, and for this purpose the value of spirits and tobacco seized as aforesaid shall be deemed and taken to be such as the Lords of the Treasury or the Commissioners of Customs may think fit.