Customs Act 1858 (SA)

A. D. 1858.

No. 3.

An Act to n m e d the Laws of the Custonzs in certain Particulars. >,S

[Asscuted to, 24th Uccembcr, 1858.1

HEEIb4S it is expedient to amontl thc laws of the Chstoms

the Ylw-ince of South Australia in ninnncr llcrcinaftcr pro-

viclecl-He it tht~rcforc $hactcd, by the Go\ eriior-in-Chief of the

Yrovince of South A~~str;ilia, with the advice and co~~scmt of the

Legislati~e Council a rd ITo~zse of Asscnlbly of the said I'rovince, in

this present Parliament assembled, as follov s:

Laws of the Customs in South Australii~," shnll be a~nendecl as of 1854. l. The Act No. 24, of 1534, intituled 'L An Act to amencl the Amendment of No. 24,

follows:

relating to the Custoins, be talten to be the line of high-wntcr inark. line.	2. The coast of the said Province shall, for the purposes of all laws Definition of c o a ~ t
3. The importer of any goods shall, in the case of coil~jting VCSSC~S within Goods to twenty-four bc entcred

having on board goods liable to dnty, and iu I11c cusc of s t~mlers

hours or four days.

and intcrcolonii~l vcsscls, witbin twenty-four hours, nncl in the case of all other veas~ls, within four days after the arrival of tllc iin- porting ship shall have been reported at the Custom House, t:sclusi~e of Suizdavs and holidays, make p:<rfect entry of such gootls, and in d e h l t i f such entry it shall be lawful for the lnastcr or agcnt of the vessel to enter such goods ard convey them to a bondctll ware honx, and if the dnties due u p ~ n such goods be iiot paid within three calendar months after such twenty-fbur hours and four days respectively shall have expired, or within such longer period as the

D Collcct or

Collector of C'ustoms shall in any case pwrnit, together with all charges of removal and warehouse rent, the same shall be sold and the proceeds thereof shall be applied first to the paymcizt of duties, nest of freight and charges, and the overplus (if any) shall be paid to the proprietor of the goods or other person duly authorized to

Proviso.	receive the same: Provided, that in the case of goods subject to the performance of quarantine, the date on which the s3me shall be released from quarantine shall, for the purposes of this clause, be taken to be the date of the arrival of the ship.
Rcturn of duty in
respect of goods	4. If any goods liable to the payment of duty shall receive an absternent cf such duty shall he made on the same terms and conditions and to the same extent as if such goods had been sea- damaged: Provided that no such abatement shall be made if i t is not clainled before the said goods are removed from the wharf.

d~maged	by natural	darnage during the voyage, from natural ciccay, or any other cause,
dewy.

Certain articles tnay 5. It shall be lawful for the importer of any fresh meat, fish,

bo landed not within

legal hours. fruit, or vegetables, to land the same at any time, although on a Silnday or holiday, or not within legal hours, in accordance with, and subject to, any regulations to be for that purpose, from titne to time, made by thc Collector of Customs.

Act. 6. This Act shall take effect from the passing thereof.

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h ~ u r n a: Printed bp authority by W, C. Cox,