NT Customs Act 1882 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO QUINTO ET QTJADRAGESIhfO

SEXTQ

A.D. 1882.

A11 Act to amcncl the Laws relating to the Levying and Collcction of Customs and other Duties in the

Northern Territory.

h S i t is cspedirnt to %mend the Laws rdxting to the Preamble.

Northern Territory-.Be it Enacted by the Governor of the Province WHERE Levying and Collcction, of Customs and othcr Duties in the

of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of the said province, in this present Parliament assernblcd, as follows:

1, This Act may be for all pnrposcs cited as the Northern Short titlv.

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Territory Customs Act, 1582."

2, I11 the construction ancl for the purposes of this Act thc Interpretation.

following terms shall have the mcanings hereby assigned to them,

that is to say-

'' Gold " shall mean gold in its natural state, whethcr mixed with any other substancc or not, gold dust, and all other gold, whether wrought or unwroog!~t, excepting the current coin

of the realm and articles of jewellery or ornament actually

worn upon the person:

Exported " shall mean and includo transmission of or removal

from that portion of the province known as the Northern	f *
lerritory, whether by sea or land.

3, From and after the passing of this Act all goods enumerated Impofiition of duties.

in the schedule hereto, which may bc importcd or brought into that

port ion

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portion of the said province known as thc Northern Territory? shall be chargeable with the several duties of Customs in the said schedule respectively set forth; and in respect of all other goods imported or brought into the said Northern Territory the same duties of Customs shall be chargeable as are chargeable in rcspect of thc like goods under the Act, No. 34 of 1876, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws of the Customs," and an Act, No. l 9 6 of l88 1, intituled An Act to authorise the making of conventions between South ,4ustralia and New South Wales, and arrangements between South Australia and Victoria with reference to border duties, and to amend the law rclating to the dutics of Customs and the mode of collection thereof, and for other purposes," or any ,4ct amending or repealing thc said Acts, or either of them.

Export duty of one

shilling per ounce, 4- From and after the passing hcrcof, there shall be raised, levied,

troy weight, to be

collected, and paid to IIcr Majesty, for the uses of the said province

levied on gold ex-

ported from the

and support of the Govcrnrnent thereof, n duty of one shilling for

Northern Territory.

every ounce troy weight of gold exported from any place in that

portion thereof lmown as the Northern Territory.

Notice of exporta-

tion of gold. 5. Bcforc any gold shall be shipped, or water-bornc to be shipped,

from any placc! within that portion of the said pro^-incc known as the Northern Territory, the exporter or his agcnt shall clelivcr to thc principal or other proper officer of Customs a notice, in such form as the principal or other proper officer of Customs at such place may direct or rcquiro, and such principal or other .officer slrall fix

thc time and placc for the examination of the gold, and after such

examination the same shall remain in the charge of some officer of Customs until it shall have been entered for exportation, and the duty thereon shall have been paid.

GOM tobc sonledand 6. At the time and place of such examination, all gold so

secured by oficer.	examined shall bc placcd in boxes or otllcr sccurc packages, approved by such officer, and on the outside of cvcry such box or
package shall be marked the weight of the gold therein contained, and thc gross weight of such box or package; and such box or
packages shall be sealed arid secured by an officer of the Customs at the expense of the exporter; and if any such seal shall be broken, or package opened, the packagc ohall be forfeited, and the owner shall forfeit the sum of One Hundred Pounds.

Any person who shall falsely make any representation for the purpose of evading, or who shall fraudulently esade, or attempt to evade, any of the provisions of this -4ct, or who shall infringe any of the regulations to be made hereunder, shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds, and the gold, or other goods in respect of which

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such offence shall have been committed shall be forfeited.

Indemnity to col- 8. The Collector of Customs, and all officers of Customs in the

lwtor said province, are hereby indemnified in respect of any duties of Customs which he or they shall have collected within that portion

of

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of the said province known as the Northern Territory previous to the passing of this Act, and in respect of any action, claim, or damages to which he or they might otherwise be liable by reason of any refusal to deliver goods without payment of the duties by this Act authorised to be levied.

9, The Governor may from time to time make such regulations Resul t' rl ions.

as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect. Such regula-

tions shall, when published in the Government G~x~tte, have the force of law, and shall be laid before both Houses of Pa,rliament within fourteen days after the making thereof, if Parliament be then sitting, and if Parliament bc not sitting, then within fourteen days after thc commencement of the next Session of Parliament.

render anv goods, the aroduce of or manufactured in the Province 10. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to $O?'",E;E:t

of South Xstralia, ch;rgcable with any duties of Customs on being imported or brought into that yarc of the said province known as the Northern Territory, nor to render any goods imported or brought into the said Northern Territory from any other part of the province in respect of which duties have been paid, chargeable with any further duties, except in the case of goods mentioned in the schedule hereto, in which last mentioned case such goods shall be chargeable with the difference only between the duties so paid as aforesaid and the duties payczble under the said schedule.

11, The Act, No. 12 of 1F75, intituled An Act to abolish the R C ~ C ~ I.

levyi,ng and collection of Customs and other duties in the Northern Territory," and thc Northern Territory Customs Act, IRbO," are hereby repealed.

I n the name mcl on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill.

WM. F. URUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor.

SCHEDULE

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Northern Territory Cu~tmns Ac t.-18 82.

SCHEDULE.

S. cl.

Opium, per lb. ........................... .. ... .. .... .. .. . 1 0 0

Kice,per lb. ..........................,....................... 0 0 04

Sugar of all kinds and molasses, per 1 121bs. ........................ 0 5 n

Tea,perlb. .................................................. 0 0 6

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dela aide: Ry authority, E. SYILLER, Government