I move:—
(1) That the several duties mentioned in the third column of the Schedule to this Resolution and respectively imposed by the enactments mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule shall not be charged or levied on any articles imported on or after the 9th day of May, 1940.
(2) That notwithstanding anything contained in Section 16 of the Finance Act, 1938 (No. 25 of 1938), or this Resolution or at reference number seven in the Schedule to this Resolution, the duty imposed by Section 11 of the Finance Act, 1932 (No. 20 of 1932), and mentioned at reference number 30 in the First Schedule to that Act shall continue to be charged, levied, and paid in like manner as immediately before the 9th day of May, 1940.
(3) That the particulars stated in the fourth column of the Schedule to this Resolution are inserted in the said Schedule solely to facilitate identification of the several duties mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule, and accordingly nothing contained in the said fourth column shall affect the construction or limit or control the operation of this Resolution and the second and third columns of the said Schedule.
(4) It is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution shall have statutory effect under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).
SCHEDULE.
CUSTOMS DUTIES TERMINATED.
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Ref. No. |
Enactment Imposing or Defining the Duty. |
Particulars of the Duty. |
General Description of the Duty |
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1 |
The Finance Act, 1933 (No. 15 of 1933), section 4 and reference number 6 in Part I of the First Schedule, as amended by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 108) Order, 1936, made under the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932), and at reference number 7 in the Fourth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1937 (No. 18 of 1937). |
The said duty mentioned at the said reference number 6 as amended by the said Order and at the said reference number 7. |
The duty on certain unglazed clay articles. |
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2 |
The Finance Act, 1933 (No. 15 of 1933), section 4 and reference number 13 in Part I of the First Schedule to that Act as amended at reference number 21 in the First Schedule to the Finance (Agreement with United Kingdom) Act, 1938 (No. 12 of 1938), and by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 191) Order, 1939, made under the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932). |
The said duty mentioned at the said reference number 13 as amended at the said reference number 21 and by the said Order. |
The duty on soaps, soap powders, and soap substitutes. |
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3 |
The Finance Act, 1934 (No. 31 of 1934), section 8 and reference number 12 in the First Schedule, as amended by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 121) Order, 1937, made under the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932). |
The duty mentioned at said reference number 12 as amended by the said Order, but so far only as that duty is chargeable on the articles mentioned in paragraph (a) in the second column at the said reference number 12. |
The duty on the disinfectants, etc. |
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4 |
The Finance Act, 1934 (No. 31 of 1934), section 8 and reference number 34 in the First Schedule. |
The duty mentioned at the said reference number 34. |
The duty on certain glazed clay articles. |
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5 |
The Finance Act, 1936 (No. 31 of 1936), section 7 and reference number 29 in the First Schedule. |
The duty mentioned at the said reference number 29. |
The duty on certain glazed clay articles. |
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6 |
The Finance Act, 1937 (No. 18 of 1937), section 5 and reference number 27 in the First Schedule, as amended by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 168) Order, 1939, made under the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932). |
The said duty mentioned at the said reference number 27, as amended by the said Order. |
The duty on certain glazed pipes and connections. |
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7 |
The Finance Act, 1938 (No. 25 of 1938), section 16, as amended by the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 163) Order, 1938, the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 179) Order, 1939, and the Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 201) Order, 1939, made under the Emergency Imposition of Duties Act, 1932 (No. 16 of 1932). |
The duty imposed by the said section 16 as amended by the said Orders. |
The duty on certain articles of iron or steel. |
