Customs Act 1856
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1856 c. 75 |
| Year | 1856 |
(19 & 20 Vict.) C A P. LXXV.
[29th July 1856]
BE it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows:
I Free Goods.
I. The Duties of Customs chargeable on the Goods, Wares, and Merchandise next hereafter mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and determine on and after the Sixth Day ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six:
Bichromate of Potash:
Metal of any Sort, old, and fit only to be re-manufactured.
II New Duties.
II. And in lieu of the Duties of Customs now chargeable on the Articles next herein-after mentioned, imported into the United Kingdom, the following Duties of Customs shall be charged on and after the said Sixth Day ofJuly One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six:
s. d. |
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| Beer, Spruce, the Barrel | 1 0 0 |
|
Musical Instruments; viz., Instruments of Brass, Copper, or of any other Metal, and Parts of such |
the lb. |
0 0 9 |
| Vinegar | the Gallon |
0 0 3 |
III Penalty for cutting adrift Boats belonging to the Customs.
III. Every Person who shall wilfully cut away, cast adrift, remove, alter, deface, sink, or destroy, or in any other Way injure or conceal, any Boat, Buoy, Rope, or Mark in the Charge of or used by any Person for the Prevention of Smuggling, or in or for the Use of the Service of the Customs, shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of Ten Pounds.
IV As to Powers of Bailiff, &c. in Channel Islands.
IV. The Bailiff or Chief Magistrate ofGuernsey and Jersey , and the Judge and Magistrates of Alderney , shall have the same Powers as are by Section Twenty-two of ‘The Supplemental Customs Consolidation Act, 1855,’ extended to Jurats of the Channel Islands .
V Subsistence Allowance to poor Prisoners, and Payment of Gaol Fees in Channel Islands.
V. The Commissioners of Customs may, out of any Money in their Hands voted by Parliament, allow and pay for the necessary Subsistence of any poor Person confined in any Prison in theChannel Islands , under or by virtue of any Process for the Recovery of any Duties, Penalties, or Forfeitures under this or any other Act relating to the Customs, such weekly or daily Sum as by the Regulations of the Prison in which such poor Person may be confined is required for the Maintenance of poor Insolvent Debtors, and also such Gaol Fees as are properly payable in respect of any Prisoner or Defendant at the Suit of the Crown for any Offence against the Laws relating to the Customs.
VI Commissioners of Customs may invest certain surplus Monies in their Hands, and apply Proceeds to Payment of Compensations.
VI. 'Whereas by an Act of the Second and Third Years of the Reign of KingWill...
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