OUTWARDS. Debenture Goods. Press-packing, and Oath of Packer. Licensed Debenture or may grant Licence, and require Bond. 6° GEO. 4. LXXXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That no Drawback or Bounty shall be allowed for any Goods exported from the United Kingdom in Bales cleared as being Presspacked, — unless the Quantities and Qualities of the Goods in each of such Bales shall be verified by the Master Packer thereof, or in case of unavoidable Absence, by the Foreman of such Packer, having Knowledge of the Contents of the Bales, by Oath made and subscribed upon the Cocket before the Collector or Controller; or if such Packer reside more than Ten Miles from the Port, then by Oath made and subscribed, upon an Account of such Goods, before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace for the County or Place where such Packer shall reside; - and if such Bales be not cleared as being Press-packed, then the Searcher having opened any such Bale shall not be required to repack the same at his Charge. (1) LXXXIX. AND be it further enacted, That no Goods cleared for Drawback or Bounty, or from the Warehouse, shall be carried waterborne, to be put on board any Ship for Exportation from the United Kingdom, by any Person, unless such Person shall be authorized (2) for that Purpose by Licence under the Hands of the ComCommissioners missioners of the Customs; and that, before granting such Licence, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to require such Security by Bond, for the faithful and incorrupt Conduct of such Person, as they shall deem necessary; and that, after granting such Licence, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to revoke the same, if the Person to whom the same shall have been granted shall be convicted of any Offence against the Laws relating to the Customs or Excise: PROVIDED always, that all such Licences, which shall be in force at the Time of the Commencement of this Act, shall continue in force as if the same had been afterwards granted under the Authority of this Act. Licences in force. Warehouse or Debenture Goods not exported, or if relanded, or carried to Guern sey, &c. without Entry, forfeited. XC. AND be it further enacted, That if any Goods which have been taken from the Warehouse (3) to be exported from the same, or any Goods which have been cleared to be exported for any Drawback (4) or Bounty,shall not be duly exported to Parts beyond the Seas, (1) See § 72. (3) See also Cap. 108. § 45. (2) Otherwise forfeited, § 55. or Debenture or shall be relanded in any Part of the United Kingdom, OUTWARDS. (such Goods not having been duly relanded or discharged as short-shipped under the Care of the proper Officers), — or shall be landed in the Islands of Faro or Ferro, shall be carried to the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man (not having been duly entered, cleared, and shipped to be exported directly to such Island), the same shall be forfeited, together with the Ship from or by which the same had been so relanded,-landed, — or carried, and any other Ship, Vessel, Boat, or Craft which may have been used in so relanding, — landing, — or carrying such Goods; AND any Person by whom or by whose Orders or Means such Goods shall have been so taken or cleared, - or so relanded, ― landed, carried, shall forfeit a Sum equal to Treble the Value of such Goods. - - or Drawback of allowed for XCI. AND be it further enacted, That a Drawback of the Whole of the Duties of Customs shall be allowed for Wine intended for the Consumption of Officers of His Majesty's Navy, - on board such of His Majesty's Navy. Ships in actual Service as they shall serve in, ceeding the Quantities of Wine in any One Year, for the Use of such Officers, herein-after respectively mentioned; (that is to say), - not ex Gallons. - 1260 Vice Admiral Rear Admiral - 1050 840 Provided always, that such Wine be shipped only at One of XCII. AND be it further enacted, That the Person Personsentering entering such Wine, and claiming the Drawback for the such Wine for same, shall state in the Entry, and declare Oath upon the Name of the Officer for whose the Name and Drawback, to declare on Oath on the Debenture, Use such Wine is intended, and of the Ship in which he Rank of Officer - OUTWARDS. serves; AND such Wine shall be delivered into the Charge of the Officers of the Customs at the Port of Shipment, to be secured in the King's Warehouse, — until the same shall be shipped under their Care; -AND such Officers having certified upon the Debenture the Receipt of the Wine into their Charge, the Debenture shall be computed and passed, and be delivered to the Person entitled to receive the same. (1) - as XCIII. AND be it further enacted, That if any such Officer shall leave the Service, or be removed to another Ship, it shall be lawful for the Officers of the Customs, at any of the Ports before mentioned, to permit the Transfer of any such Wine from one Officer to another, Part of his Proportion, whether on board the same Ship or another, or the Transhipment from one Ship to another for the same Officer, or the relanding and warehousing for future Reshipment; AND it shall also be lawful for the Officers of Customs at any Port to receive back the Duties for any of such Wine, and deliver the same for Home Use: PROVIDED always, that if any of such Wine be not laden on board the Ship for which the same was intended, or be unladen from such Ship without Permission of the proper Officer of the Customs, the same shall be forfeited. XCIV. AND whereas it is expedient to make Provisions for supplying the Crews of His Majesty's Ships of War with Tobacco for their Use, without Payment of any Duty; be it therefore enacted, THAT it shall be lawful for the Purser of any of His Majesty's Ships of War in actual Service, -to enter and ship at the Ports of Rochester, Portsmouth, or Plymouth (2), in the Proportions herein-after mentioned, any Tobacco there warehoused in his Name, or transferred into his Name,- for the Use of the Ship in which he shall serve; - provided such Purser shall deliver to the Collector or Controller of such Port a Certificate from the Captain of such Ship, stating the Name of the Purser and the Number of Men belonging to the Ship; and shall also give Bond, with One sufficient Surety, in Treble the Duties payable on the Tobacco, that no Part thereof shall be relanded in the United King (1) See Limitation of Time for Payment, § 85. (2) Sce, for Removal of such Tobacco to these Ports, Cap. 112, § 20. dom, OUTWARDS. without Leave of the Officers of the Customs, or be landed in either of the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Aldernery, Sark, or Man. XCV. AND be it further enacted, That if any Purser shall be removed from one Ship to another, it shall be lawful for the Collector and Controller of the Port where such Ships shall be, to permit the Transhipment of the Remains of any such Tobacco, for the Use of such other Ship,-upon due Entry of such Tobacco by such Purser, setting forth the Time when, and the Port at which such Tobacco was first shipped; AND if any such Ship shall be paid off, it shall be lawful for the Collector and Controller of any Port where such Ship shall be paid off, to permit the Remains of any such Tobacco to be landed, and to be entered by the Purser of such Ship,either for Payment of Duties, or to be warehoused for the Term of Six Months, for the Supply of some other such Ship,in like Manner as any Tobacco may be warehoused and supplied at either of the Ports before mentioned, or for Payment of all Duties within such Six Months: PROVIDED always, that all Tobacco warehoused for the Purposes of so supplying His Majesty's Ships of War, shall be subject to the Provisions of this (1) Act made for the warehousing of Tobacco generally, far as the same are applicable, and are not expressly altered by any of the Provisions herein particularly made. -- as exceed, &c. XCVI. AND be it further enacted, That no greater Quantity of Quantity of such Tobacco shall be allowed to any Ship of Tobacco not to War, than-Two Pounds by the Lunar Month for each of the Crew of such Ship, nor shall any greater Quantity be shipped at any one Time than sufficient to serve the Crew of such Ship for Six Months after such Rate of Allowance; AND the Collector and Controller of the Port at or from which any such Tobacco shall be supplied to any such Ship, or landed from any such Ship, -or transferred from one such Ship to another, — shall transmit a particular Account thereof to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, in order that a general Account may be kept of all the Quantities supplied to and consumed on board each of such Ships, under the Allowances before granted. OUTWARDS. Times and Places for shipping Goods. Penalty for exporting prohibited Goods. 6o GEO.4. XCVII. AND be it further enacted, That no Goods (1) shall be put off from any Wharf, Quay, or other Place, or shall be waterborne in order to be exported, — but only on Days not being Sundays or Holidays (2), and in the Daytime, that is to say, FROM the First Day of September until the last Day of March-betwixt Sun-rising and Sun-setting, AND from the last Day of March until the First Day of September-between the Hours of Seven of the Clock in the Morning and Four of the Clock in the Afternoon; NOR shall any such Goods be then put off or waterborne for Exportation, — unless in the Presence or with the Authority of the proper Officer of the Customs, nor except from a legal Quay (3) appointed by His Majesty, or at some Wharf (4), Quay, or Place appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for the shipping of such Goods by Sufferance. XCVIII. AND be it further enacted, That if any Goods liable to Forfeiture for being shipped for Exportation (5) shall be shipped and exported without Discovery by the Officers of the Customs, the Person or Persons who shall have caused such Goods to be exported shall forfeit Double the Value of such Goods. OUTWARDS. PROHIBITIONS. And Restric XCIX. AND be it further enacted, That the several Sorts of Goods enumerated or described in the Table following, (denominated " A Table of Prohibitions and Retions absolute or strictions Outwards,") shall be either absolutely prohibited to be exported from the United Kingdom, or shall be exported only under the Restrictions mentioned in such Table, according as the several Sorts of such Goods are respectively set forth therein; that is to say, modified. - A TABLE OF PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRIC TIONS OUTWARDS. CLOCKS and Watches; viz. any outward or inward Box, Case, or Dial Plate, of any Metal, without the Movement in or with (1) See Forfeiture, § 55. (3) See § 135. (5) See § 55; see also Prohibitions, § 99. (2) See Cap. 106. § 13. (4) See § 136. |