Opium Duty Act 1886 (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

ANNO QUINQUAGESEVLO

VICTORLE REGINE

No. 12

An Act to impose a Duty upon the Importation of Opium.

[Assented to 2Sth July, 1886.

Xmo we 57 Vic., BE it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Western Australia	Xo.11, Scheflutel,
:Mich virtually and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the
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,duals sea. 1 Legislative Council thereof, as follows :—
Duty on Opium 1. On and after the passing of this Act, except as hereinafter men-

tioned, there shall be charged, raised, collected, levied, and paid upon opium, and all goods, wares, and merchandise mixed or saturated with opium or with any preparation or solution thereof, or steeped therein respectively, imported into Western Australia, whether by land or by sea, in lieu of any duty now imposed thereon, a specific duty of Twenty shillings per lb.

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Tile Opium Duty Act, 1886

2. The said duty of Twenty shillings per lb. shall not be chargeable No duty charge-

in respect of opium or any goods, wares, and merchandise as aforesaid ',`„bl,e,ft),,°,1.,,,r intended to be used as medicine only ; but in such case the duty men- medicine only timed in the Fourth Schedule of The Tariff Act, 1882,' shall be paid ;

and the collector or any principal officer of Customs or person acting for either of them shall require from any person claiming to pay such lesser duty such evidence, by statutory declaration, as the collector, principal officer of Customs, or person acting as aforesaid (as the case may be) shall see fit, which declaration he is hereby empowered and authorised to administer.

3. The said duty of Twenty shillings per lb. shall be collected and Collection of

levied in the manner provided by and subject and according to the d'Y

provisions of any Ordinance, Act, or law for the time being in force for

the general regulation of the Customs of the Colony.

4. This Act may be cited for all purposes as The Opium Duty Act, shor t tine

1886.'

F. NAPIER BROOME,

GOVERNOR.