Spirits Act, 1880

Regulation for charging duty on spirits warehoused.

76. On the delivery for home consumption from any warehouse of a cask or package of British spirits warehoused therein without payment of duty, duty shall be charged and paid on the quantity of spirits contained in the cask or package at the time of delivery. But if the quantity at that time is less than the quantity originally warehoused, then, unless the Commissioners or the Commissioners of Customs, as the case may be, are satisfied that no part of the deficiency is caused by fraudulent abstraction, duty shall be charged and paid on the quantity so warehoused, or on such portion thereof as such Commissioners direct.