Customs, landing places for imports (1843) (WA)

WESTERN ATISTRA LIA.

AN NO SEPTIMO

VICTORIA: REGINZE.

No. V.

An Act to appoint certain places for the landing of goods within the limits of Towns not being Seaport Towns.

HEREAS it appears to be conducive to greater safety and also likely to operate as a further check against smuggling, if all goods coming from any seaport town were landed at certain places and not W regularity in the delivery of goods carried in boats, and Preamble.

7th Viet. No. 5. 1843.

Governor to establish elsewhere;---Be it therefore enacted, by His Excellency the Governor

by proclamation certain ^

places for landing goodsor Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice

in town-sites, and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, that it shall be lawful

for the said Governor, by Proclamation to be issued from time to time, with the advice of the Executive Council, to appoint and establish such place or places as to him shall seem meet at which such goods must be landed within the limits of any town-site, and any person convicted of having landed any such goods at any other place within any town-site than that appointed by such Proclamation as aforesaid, such town-site havin g landing place duly appointed by Proclama-

Penalty not exceeding tion, shall forfeit audapay for every such offence any sum not exceed-

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ing ten pounds.

Goods may be landed at II. PROVIDED always nevertheless that in every case in which other places by special any such goods are required to be landed at any place within a town-permission.

site other than any of the places to be appointed by such Proclamation as aforesaid, a special permission must he obtained from the Collec- tor or Sub-Collector of such seaport town or from the tidewaiter of the town at which the goods have arrived for the landing of such goods at the place required, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

skies.more Justice or Justices of the Peace to hear and determine any Mode of recovering pen- III. AND be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any one or

matter of complaint under this Act, and to impose any penalty in a summary way, and if the.sum awarded be not paid forthwith, or on the day appointed by such Justice or Justices, then to levy the amount by distress and sale of the offender's goods, and if there be not sufficient goods to satisfy the amount with necessary costs and charges, then to commit the offender to prison for any term not ex- ceeding three calendar months, with or withont hard labour.

Limitation	of proceed- IV; AND be it enacted, that no proceedings in respect of any
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offence under this Act shall be commenced after one calendar month

from the commission of the alleged offence.

Appropriation of penalties. - V. AND be it enacted, that all sums arising from any penalty or

forfeiture under this Act shall be applied as follows ;—that is to say: after deducting all costs and expences, one moiety to be paid to the Collector or Sub-Collector of Revenue towards the purposes of the Government of the colony, and the other moiety to the informer.

1843.          7th Viet. No. 5.

VI.     AND be it enacted, that this Act shall be and continue in

force for the space of two years from the date hereof.

VII.     AND be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed Act may be amended.

by any Act to be passed during this present Session.

"JOHN HUTT,"

GOVERNOR.

Passed the Council 1 20th July, 1843. .5

EDWARD C. SOUPER,

Acting Clerk of the Council.

Printed by authority of the Government, by E. Stirling, Perth.