Customs General Regulation Act Amendment Act 1868 No 5a (NSW)

No. XXII.

An Act to amend " An Act t o provide for the
" general Regulat ion of the Customs in New

" South Wales " as to the t ime allowed for

enter ing Goods. [1st February, 1868.]

Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assemhled and hy the the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative authority of the same as follows :—	BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with
1. The seventeenth section of the Act ninth Victoria number fifteen is hereby repealed.
2. If the importer owner or consignee of any goods shall not within seven clear working days after the date of entry of the ship importing the same (if a sailing vessel) or one clear day (if a steamer) make entry of such goods the master owner or agent of such ship may immediately on the expiration of such working day or days enter and land such goods and the Officers of Customs shall convey the same to the Queen's Warehouse or other approved place of security and if the duties payable on any such goods shall not be paid within three months from the date of landing thereof together with all charges of freight removal and warehouse rent such goods may be sold and the produce thereof applied first to the payment of freight and charges next of duties and the overplus if any shall be paid to the owner of the goods on his application But if any goods so landed shall be of a perishable or explosive nature they may be sold forthwith and the produce applied in like manner.