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S.I. No. 61/1955 - Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 346) (Slashers Or Slash Hooks) Order, 1955.

S.I. No. 61 of 1955.

EMERGENCY IMPOSITION OF DUTIES (No. 346) (SLASHERS OR SLASH HOOKS) ORDER, 1955.

The Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 1 of the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932), as adapted in consequence of the enactment of the Constitution, and of every and any other power them in this behalf enabling, hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 346) (Slashers or Slash Hooks) Order, 1955.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. Section 8 and reference number 35 in the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1934 (No. 31 of 1934), as amended by Section 20 of and reference number 18 in the Third Schedule to the Finance Act, 1940 (No. 14 of 1940), and the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 306) (Root Crop Knives) Order, 1953 ( S.I. No. 127 of 1953 ), shall, as respects articles imported on or after the 22nd day of April, 1955, have effect as if, in the fourth column of the said First Schedule at the said reference number 35, there were inserted :

" The following statutory provisions shall apply and have effect in the manner hereinafter mentioned, that is to say :—

(a) the provisions of Section 6 of the Finance (Agreement with United Kingdom) Act, 1938 (No. 12 of 1938), shall apply and have effect in relation to the duty mentioned at this reference number in so far as it is chargeable on the articles referred to in subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (a) in the second column at this reference number as if the said articles were mentioned in the second column of the First Schedule to the said Act, and this Act and this reference number were mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the said articles in the said second column, and the rate of an amount equal to twenty per cent. of the value of the article were specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule opposite the mention of the said articles in the said second column ;

(b) the provisions of Section 16 of the said Act and the regulations made under that section shall apply and have effect for the purposes of the said Section 6 as applied as aforesaid."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 15th day of April, 1955.

JOHN A. COSTELLO,

Taoiseach.