Finance Act, 1936

Divers exemptions from all duties of Customs.

18.—The Revenue Commissioners may, subject to compliance with such conditions as they may think fit to impose, allow any of the following articles, imported into Saorstát Eireann after the passing of this Act and chargeable on such importation with a duty of customs (whenever and however imposed), to be imported without payment of such duty or repay any such duty paid on the importation of such article, that is to say:—

(a) an article which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, is an article of personal, domestic, or household use or ornament of a portable character and in respect of which the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that it was given by a person ordinarily resident outside Saorstát Eireann as a wedding present to a person who is about to be married or was married within six months before the importation of such article and who is, or was before such marriage, ordinarily resident outside Saorstát Eireann and intends to reside permanently in Saorstát Eireann after such marriage;

(b) an article in respect of which the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that it is part of the personal estate of a person who has died outside Saorstát Eireann, and that the article is being imported by the personal representative of such deceased person or by a person who was related by blood to or connected by marriage with such deceased person and has become entitled to the article under the will or by virtue of the intestacy of such deceased person;

(c) a photograph, print, framed picture, article of sculpture, or article of pottery which is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be imported for inclusion in an exhibition of like articles promoted or organised by an academy, society, or club in Saorstát Eireann not established or conducted for profit, notwithstanding that such article may in certain events be retained in Saorstát Eireann after the conclusion of such exhibition;

(d) a cup, bowl, shield, or other similar article which is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to have been presented by a foreign government or a department of a foreign government or by the head of a foreign state or government to an academy, society, club, or other organisation in Saorstát Eireann which is not established or conducted for profit;

(e) an article which is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to have been awarded or presented outside Saorstát Eireann to the person by or on whose behalf it is imported for distinction in art, literature, science, or sport, or for public service, or otherwise as a reward for or record of meritorious conduct or achievement;

(f) an article which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, is a religious medal, religious badge, or religious leaflet and is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be imported by the organisers in Saorstát Eireann of a pious or charitable organisation the headquarters of which are outside Saorstát Eireann or by a member of or subscriber to any such organisation;

(g) a religious medal which is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be imported personally by a pilgrim returning to Saorstát Eireann from a pilgrimage and to be so imported for a purpose other than sale;

(h) an article which is imported for or on behalf of the Post Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and in respect of which it is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that such article is being so imported solely for use in the maintenance or repair of postal, telegraphic, or telephonic communications;

(i) a ship or other vessel which is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, to be brought to Saorstát Eireann for the purpose of being broken up in Saorstát Eireann or an article which is shown, to the satisfaction aforesaid, to form part of or to have been and, at the time of importation, to be part of the ordinary fittings or equipment of any such ship or other vessel.