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APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



Section. 



251. Governor In Council may make 



regulations for regulating the 

 amount of tare. 



252. Power to allow a drawback. 



253. To interpret, &c., conditions on 



which any article may be im- 

 ported. 



254. To make regulations for appoint- 



ment of sufferance wharves 

 and warehouses; Proviso. 



Section. 



255. To prohibit exportation of certain 



goods. 



256. To require oath or declaration. 



257. To prescribe and alter forms of 



oaths. 



258. Regulations to take effect from 



publication. 



259. Disposition of surplus proceeds of 



vessel sold to satisfy penalty. 



260. Repeal. 



Be it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the 

 House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 



1. This Act may be cited as " The Customs' Act, 1898." 



2. In this Act, or in any other laws relating to the Customs, unless 

 the context otherwise requires 



(a.) The expression " port " means a place where vessels may dis- 

 charge or load cargo. 



(6.) The expression " Collector " means the Collector of Customs 

 at the port intended in the sentence, or any person lawfully 

 deputea, appointed or authorized to do the duty of Col- 

 lector thereat. 



(c.) The expression "officer" means an officer of the Customs. 



(d.) The expression " vessel " means any ship, vessel or boat of 

 any kind whatsoever, whether propelled by steam or other- 



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(e.) The expression " master " means the person having or taking 

 charge of any vessel. 



(/.) The expression"" owner," " importer " or " exporter " includes 

 persons lawfully acting on their behalf. 



(g.) The expression goods means goods, wares and merchan- 

 dize, or moveable effects of any kind. 



(A.) The expression " warehouse " means any place, whether house 

 shed, yard, dock, pond, or other place in which goods im- 

 ported may be lodged, kept and secured without payment 

 of duty. 



(t.) The expression " Customs warehouse " includes sufferance 



warehouse, bonding warehouse and examining warehouse. 

 The expression " oath " includes declaration and affirma- 

 tion. 



(&.) The use of the expression " seized and forfeited." 

 " liable to forfeiture," or " subject to forfeiture," or 

 any other expression which might of itself imply that some 

 act subsequent to the commission of the offence is necessary 

 to work the forfeiture, shall not be construed as rendering 

 any such subsequent act necessary, but the forfeiture shall 

 accrue at the time of and by the commission of the offence 

 in respect of which the penalty of forfeiture is imposed. 

 The expression " value " in respect to any penalty or for- 

 feiture imposed by this Act, and based upon the value of 

 any goods or articles, means the duty-paid value of such 

 goods or articles at the time of the commission of the 

 offence by which such penalty or forfeiture is incurred. 



(m.) The expression " Court " means the Supreme Court of New- 

 foundland. 



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