Customs Regulations 1913 (Amendment) (Cth)
STATUTORY RULES.
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REGULATION UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1916.
I,
THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the
advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation
under the
Dated this third day of October, 1917.
R. M. FERGUSON,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command.
J. A. JENSEN,
Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
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Amendment of the Customs Regulations 1913.
(Statutory Rules 1913, No. 346.)
The Customs Regulations 1913 are amended by inserting after Regulation 190 the following Regulation:—
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“190a. (1) Any person who, without the authority of the Collector (proof whereof shall lie upon the person charged) makes any alteration, addition or erasure to or in any Customs document, shall be guilty of an offence.
“Penalty: Fifty pounds.
“(2) Any person who uses, puts off, or has in his possession any Customs document to or in which any alteration, addition or erasure has been made without the authority of the Collector (proof whereof shall lie upon the person charged) shall be guilty of an offence.
“Penalty: Fifty pounds.
“(3) ‘Customs documents’ in this Regulation includes any receipt, certificate, account, book, manifest, declaration, entry, invoice, licence, security, notice, permit, debenture, report, authority, consent or other document given, issued or kept by or produced or delivered to the Customs or any officer of Customs.”
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