Customs Officers Indemnity Act 1847 No 26a (NSW)

No. XXVI.

An Act to indemnify the Officers of Customs in

respect of certain Duties omitted to be

charged. [1st October, 1847.]

W H E R E A S since the passing in the fourth year of the reign of

Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the Act intituled " An Act for

" increasing the Duties on Spirits Wine and other Goods and, Mer-
" chandise imported into the Colony of New South Wales and its " Dependencies" the duties thereby imposed on certain articles the
produce or manufacture of the United Kingdom have been omitted to
be charged by the several Officers of Customs by reason of an unin­
tentional misconstruction of the said Act And it is expedient that such Officers should be indemnified in respect of such omissions Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That
all Officers of Customs in the said Colony and all others acting

in their aid and assistance shall be freed and discharged from all damages penalties forfeitures and charges whatsoever to which they might otherwise be liable for having so omitted to charge the legal duties on any article the produce and manufacture of the United Kingdom comprised within the fourth class of dutiable articles enumerated in the first section of the said recited Act imported into the Colony of New South Wales.

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