Customs Act 1859 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO ET VICESIMO TERTIO

A. D. 1859.

No. 15.

An Act to anzmd the Laws of the Customs in South Australia.

[Assented to, 1st September, 1859.1 &&2?-///.;

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HEREAS it is expedicnt to alter the duties of C~zstoms imposed Preamble.

W in the Province of South A-a, in the particulars hereinafter v5 S ~l?Xi,#-

mentioned-Ee it therefore Enacted, by the Governor-in-Chief of the f / $ y / e, c c/

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Province of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the .+*.-~5&

Legislative Council and IIouse of hsssnlbly of the said Province, in ,. L L?~G~:zZ

this present Parliament assembled, as follows: ' /

1. From and after the assin.. of this Act, all corn bags and corn Corn sacks, manures, &c. to he admitted

sacks, all substances use $-rF- so e y as manures, together with wheat, fr,d of duty.

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flour, and the following SCC~S, namely, lucerne, clover, tares, sainfoin,

P ~ C,	and rye-grass shall bc admitted into the said Province free of
duty.

2. Thcre shall be charmed on manufactured tobacco imported Increased duty on

into thc said ~rouince,ecleared from bond thercin, a duty of Customs of One Shilling and Fourpencc for every pound imported,

in lieu of the duty of One Shilling heretofore charged and made

payable; and such duty shall be paid to IIer Majesty, for the public uses of the said Yrovince, and the support of the Government thereof.

3. Thc Collector of Customs, and all officers of Customs, in the Indemnity to Collea-

said Province, shall not be liable to, arid arc hereby indemnified	Cu"oma.
and protected against any action, claim, or damages to which he or

they

they might otherwise have been liable by reason of any refusal to deliver any manufactured tobacco imported as aforesaid, or cleared from bond before the passing of this Act, without payment of the said duty of One Shilling and Fourpence per pound, or by reason

of their having admitted any of the articles hereinbefore, mentioned

free of duty.

Commcncemcnt o f 4. This Act shall take effect from the assin thereof,

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