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SUPPLEMENT No. 2

το THE CYPRUS GAZETTE No. 3351 OF 27TH JANUARY, 1948.

LEGISLATION.

THE STATUTE LAWS OF CYPRUS No. 1 OF 1948.

A LAW TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS LAWS, 1936 το 1948.

WINSTER,] [21th January, 1948. Governor.

BE it enacted by His Excellency the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Cyprus as

follows :— 1. This Law may be cited as the Customs (Amendment short title.

No. 2) Law, 1948, and shall be read as one with the Customs Laws, 1936 to 1948, (hereinafter referred to as " the 3i of 1930 principal Law "), and the principal Law and this Law may H °£ }{jf£ together be cited as the Customs Laws, 1936 to (No. 2) 1948. 34 of 193s

10 of 1940 27 of 1940 30 of 1940 12 of 1941 22 of 1941 17 of 1942 33 of 1942 22 of 1944 32 of 1944 9 of 1945 22 of 1945 -24 of 1946 3 of 1948

(17)

IS

2. The First, Second and Fifth Schedules to the principal Law are hereby repealed and the following First, Second and Fifth Schedules substituted therefor,

Kepeal of the First, Second and Fifth Schedules to the principal respec t ive ly : Law and substitution of new Schedules.

" F I R S T SCHEDULE—(Section 33),

IMPORT DUTIES OF CUSTOMS.

Description of Goods

Ammunition and Explosives :

and

gun

(1) Blasting powder blasting compound

(2) Cartridges, shot loaded or empty . .

(3) Dynamite and similar explosive substances

(4) Gunpowder, sporting

per oke

ad valorem

per oke ad valorem

(5) Shot ad valorem

2 Apparel

(1) Hats, caps and other head gear (including hoods but excluding rubber bathing caps, toy paper hats and caps and headgear made wholly or mainly of silk or artificial silk): (a) made wholly or

mainly of felt or wool.

(b) Other

(2) Hosiery: (a) Socks and Stockings

of silk or artificial silk.

(b) Ladies socks and stockings other than of silk or artificial silk.

(c) Men's socks and stockings, wool..

Rate of Import Duty

Preferential Tariff

General Tariff

£ s. p.

50 per cent.

50 per cent. 50 per cent.

ad valorem or per dozen

ad valorem

£ 8. p.

- 2 2

65 per cent.

- - 1\ 65 per cent. 65 per cent.'

(d) Other


pairs


pairs


pairs ad valorem

20 per cent.

20 per cent.

50 per cent, or 4s. 7p. per dozen pairs whichever is the higher.

16 per cent.

29 per cent, or Ιδί, per dozen whichever is the higher.

29 per cent.

16 per cent.

16 per cent.

60 per cent, or 7s.2/3. per dozen pairs whichever is the higher.

25 per cent, or 3s. pe' dozen pairs whichever is the higher.

25 per cent, or 5s. per dozen pairs whichever is the higher.

25 per cent.

(!)

(3) Jerseys, cardigans and pullovers : (a) Silk or artificial silk . .

(6) Cotton,

(c) Other .

(4) Shirts : (a) Silk or artificial silk.

(b) Other

4 5 6


ad valorem or per dozen ad valorem

or per dozen


I s, p.

50 per cent, or 9s. Φρ. per dozen whichever is the1

higher. 16 per cent.

16 per cent.

(5) Ties: (a) Silk or artificial silk..

(b) Other

(6) Vests, singlets, pants and shorts (underwear) : (a) Silk or artificial silk..

(δ) Cotton

(c) Other

Arms : (1) Air guns, air rifles, air

pistols, and parts . . (2) Guns, smooth bore, shot. . (3) Parts of guns (4) Pistols,revolvers and rifles,

and parts Bacon and. ham Bedsteads Beer, ale, porter and all other

malt liquors Benzine, petrol or motor spirit




i S. p.

60 per cent, or 14s. Φρ. per dozen whichever is the higher. 25 per cent, or 5». per

dozen whichever is the higher. 25 per cent, or 9s. per

dozen whichever ia the higher.

50 percent. or60 per cent, or 9s. Φρ. per 14s. Φρ. per dozen which1 dozen whichever is the; ever is the higher. I higher.

1 6 p e r c e n t , ί 25 per cent, or 10s. per ; dozen whichever is

the higher.


50 per cent, or 9s. Φρ. per dozen whichever is the higher.

16 per cent

60 per cent, or 14s. Φρ. per dozen whichever is the higher. 25 per cent. or5s. per

dozen whichever is the higher.

ad valorem or per dozen ad valorem

or per dozen

ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem

ad valorem per oke

ad valorem

per gallon per 4 gals.

50 per cent, or 60 per cent, or Φρ. per] 14S. 4^. p e r

dozen whichever is the higher. 25 per cent, or 4s. per

dozen whichever is the higher.

16 per cent.

16 per cent

00 per cent. 60 per cent. 60 per cent. 60 per cent. - - 4

16 per cent. - 4 6 - 5 44

dozen whichever is the higher. 25 per cent, or 12s.

per dozen whichever is the higher.

75 per cent. 75 per cent. 75 per cent. 75 per cent.

- - 5j 24 per cent.

- 7 0 - 7 0

20

22 « Description of Goods

10 II 12 13 14

15

16

17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26

Bicycles : (a) Complete (exclusive

lamps and carriers) (6) Without tyres (c) Frames (d) Children's, complete . .

Bicycle lamps and carriers, and other parts

Bicycle tyres and tubes Biscuits and bread Bitumen paint Blacking and polishes . . Boots, shoes and sandals :

(1) Made wholly or mainly of leather with leather rubber or crepe soles

(2) Made of cotton, canvas, linen, sateen, jute or hemp, with leather, rubber or crepe soles

(3) Made of silk, artificial silk or satin, with leather, rubber or crepe soles

(4) Football boots (5) Uppers for, whether wholly

or partly prepared Boots and shoes, not otherwise

charged with duty, and top-boots, hip-boots, slippers and galoshes:

(a) Made wholly or partly of rubber, balata or gutta-percha . .

(b) Other Brass manufactures, not other

wise specified Bricks Brooms Candles Caviar Cement Cheese :

(a) Kachkaval, touloum and other similar kinds

(b) Other, i.e. Gruyere, Dutch, Cheddar, Stilton, Brie, Gorgonzola, Parmesan, Roquefort, etc., and their imitations

Chemicals Cider Cinematograph films, developed Clocks and watches, and parts

each each each each

ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem

12 0 12 0

16 per cent. 16 per cent. 22 per cent. 16 per cent. 20 per cent.

ad valorem 10 per cent.

ad valorem

ad valorem ad valorem

per oke

10 per cent.


1 4 0


ad vahrem per 1,000 per 100 per oke

ad valorem per cwt.

per oke

per oke ad valorem per gallon ad vahrem ad vahrem


16 per cent. 1 13 3 - 16 6 - - 21

90 per cent. - - 21

- - 3

- - 6 10 per cent.

- 4 4 15 per cent. 40 per cent.


15 per cent.

15 per cent.


1 16 0


24 per cent. 2 0 0 2 0 0 - - 4

100 per cent. - - 5

41

- 1 0 15 per cent.

- 6 6 30 per cent. 48 per cent.

2 i

D e s c r i p t i o n of G o o d s R a t e of I m p o r t D u t y

Preferential Tariff

General Tariff

27

28

29

30

31 32

33 34 35 36 37 38 39

40

41

Coffee : (a) Raw (6) Roasted or ground

Confectionery: (a) Chocolate, plain . . (b) Chocolate sweets and

chocolate biscuits (c) Crystallized fruit . . (d) Locoum or Turkish delight

£ 8. p.

(e) Packlava and pastry goods

similar

(/) Other pastry goods (g) Other confectionery, such

as caramels, toffee, fondants, sugared almonds and sweets

Copper sheets, bottoms, bars, nails and rivets

Copper manufactures, not other wise specified

Cordage, rope and twine Cotton goods :

(1) Piece goods (2) Thread, finished . . . . (3) Y a m s :

(a) Nos. 4 to 14 . . . . (b) Other

(4) Other, not otherwise specified

Currants and raisins Cutlery Drugs Dyes, not otherwise specified . . Earthenware and china Electrical goods & appl iances . . Firebricks, not otherwise

specified or exempted P i s h :

Tinned or bottled in oil or tomato paste

F r u i t : (1) (a) Almonds

(b) Nuts, other (except pistachio nuts)

(2) Fresh, not otherwise specified

(3) Tinned, canned or bottled

per oke per oke

ad valorem


ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

per 100 okes

ad valorem perlOOokes

ad valorem p e r 1 ,000yds.


ad valorem per cwt.

ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

per oke

perlOOokes


7-1 '2

14 per cent.

40 per cent. 40 per cent. 40 per cent.

40 per cent.

40 per cent.

40 per cent.

1 5 0

16 per cent. 1 7 0

12 per cent.


12 per cent. - 1 3

16 per cent. 7 per cent. 7 percent .


12 per cent.

10 per cent.

- Of

- 3 6


a s. p. - - 7 - 1 0

20 per cent.

50 per cent. 50 per cent. 50 per cent- or 5p.

per oke whichever is the higher.

50 per cent, or Gp. per oke whichever is the higher.

50 per cent.

50 per cent, or ip. per oke whichever is the higher.

1 13 0 24 per cent.

1 16 0 20 per cent.

- - 24.


20 per cent. - 1 6


20 per cent.

15 per cent.

- - 1

- 5 5


■>■>

Rate of Import Duty

Preferential Tariff

42 43

44 45

46 47 48

49 50

51

53

54

55 56 57 58

50

m 61 62 63

(a)

(b) («) (d) (e) (/)

Iron

Furniture Furs and dressed skins and

manufactures thereof Glass and glassware Glass, common, window, of

natural colour Greases Gum, mastic Haberdashery and millinery,

not otherwise specified Hardware Hemp and jute manufactures

and piece goods, not otherwise specified

Hides and skins, undressed . . Indigo Iron :

Bars, rods, angle iron, joists and sheets (excluding galvanised)

Galvanised Horse shoes Nails, horse shoe Nails, ordinary Wire (excluding galvan

ised) and steel manufactures,

not otherwise specified Jams , jellies and marmalades Jewellery Laundry blue Lead sheets and piping and lead

manufactures, not otherwise specified

Leather: (a) Dressed (b) Sole

Leather goods Linen manufactures and linen

piece goods Linoleum and oil cloth Matches :

(a) For every gross of boxes of matches not exceeding 10,000 matches . . . .

(6) For every gross of boxes of matches exceeding^: 10,000 matches ; for 10,000 matches and so in proportion

ad valorem


perlOO okes ad valorem

per oke



per oke

per ton ad valorem perl 00 okes per 100 okes per 100 okes

perlOO okes

ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem ad valorem

ad valorem



General Tariff

£ s. p. 20 per cent.


- 5 5 12 per cent. - 1 1



6

1 4 0 16 per cent.

8 0 1 0 0 6 0

8 0


16 per cent.

16| per cent. 13| per cent. 12 per cent.


7 6

7 6

£ s. p. 28 per cent.


6 6 20 per cent.

1 3



1 0

1 16 0 24 per cent.

12 0 1 10 0 9 0

12 0


24 per cent.

25 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent.


11 41

11 4-L *2

23

Description of Goods. Rate of Import Duty

Preferential Tariff

General Tariff

64

65

66 67

69

70

71

72

73 74

75 76 77

78

79

SO 81 82 83 84

bo

Material intended for use in rendering cement or concrete waterproof

Medicines, not otherwise specified

Miner al and aerated water . . Motor cars and parts thereof

(except tyres and tubes) . . Motor cycles and parts thereof

(except tyres and tubes) . . Musical instruments, not other

wise specified Oils and fats, non edible :

(a) Cotton seed (b) Linseed (c) Lubricating (manufa-

factured or unmanufactured)

(d) Other, not otherwise specified

Paints, varnishes and colours (excluding Artists' colours) not otherwise specified

Perfumery and perfumed spirits, cosmetics, hair oil, hair dyes and wash, pomades, toilet powders, preparations and requisites

Perambulators Photographic cameras, unde

veloped films and paper Pianos Playing cards Provisions, tinned, bottled,

smoked, dried, etc., not otherwise specified

Pulley blocks and chain lifting apparatus

Rubber manufactures, not otherwise specified

Safes \ad valorem Sal-ammoniac perlOOokes Salt per oke Sesame 'perlOOokes Silk (inclusive of artificial silk)

goods and piece goods, not otherwise specified

Silk and artificial silk yarn and thread

Silver and silver manufactures, not otherwise specified

perlOOokes perlOO okes

per 100 okes

perlOOokes

perlOO okes


ad valorem each

per pack

ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

£ s. p.

10 per cent.


15 per cent.

15 per cent.

40 per cent.

- 8 0 - 14 0

- 8 0

- 8 0

- 18 3


30 per cent. 20 0 0 - 2 0

ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

26 per cent.

16 per cent.


- 10 0 - - 4 - 4 2

50 per cent.

35 per cent.

50 per cent.

£ s. p.

15 per cent.


30 per cent.

35 per cent.

48 per cent.

- 12 0 1 1 0

- 10 0 - 10 0

1 2 0


40 per cent. 23 6 6 - 3 0

34 per cent.

24 per cent.


- 12 2 - - 5 - 5 0

00 per cent.

45 per cent.

60 per cent.

24

3. Description of Goods

87

89

90 91 92 93 94 95

96

97

98

99 100

101

102

103

104

U n i t B a t e of I m p o r t D u t y

Soap : (a) Common (6) Perfumed or toilet

Spices Spirits of all sorts, spirituous

compounds, liqueurs and cordials : (a) In bottles (6) In barrel

Starch, Laundry Stationery Steel Sugar and sugar candy Tea Tiles :

(a) Roofing (6) Glazed and flooring

Timber : (a) Planks, boards, logs,

beams and rafters of mahogany, walnut, oak, teak and beech . .

(b) Other planks, boards, logs, beams and rafters

(c) Plywood (d) Other, not otherwise

specified

per oke ad valorem perlOO okes

per gallon per gallon

per 100 okes ad valorem ad valorem

per oke per oke

per 1,000 ad valorem

Tin: (a) (b)

Preferential Tariff

£ S. p. 119

15 per cent. 15 0

Bars and ingots Plates (excluding embossed and coloured)

(c) Plates, embossed or coloured

(d) Manufactures, not otherwise specified

Tobacco : (a) Cigarettes

(b) Cigars (c) Manufactured . . . . (d) Snuff (e) Tumbeki (/) Unmanufactured

Toys Turpentine (including mineral

turpentine) Tyres and tubes for motor cars

and motor cycles Wax:

(a) Bees (δ) Paraffin

Wine in bottle : (a) Sparkling (6) Other

Wine in wood

2 0 0 2

14 13


1 13 3 12 per cent.

ad valorem


ad valorem

per 100 okes

perlOO okes

ad valorem

ad valorem

per oke or per 1,000 cigarettes

per oke per oke per oke per oke per oke

ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

perlOO okes perlOO okes

per gallon per gallon per gallon

20 per cent.


20 per cent.

3 18 6 - 10 3

16 per cent.

16 per cent. £4.iS.P. per oke or £4.3.8. per 1,000 cigarettes whichever is the higher

3 15 8 3

0 4 0

20 per cent.

16 per cent.

15 per cent.

1 19 12

19 12

0

4 1

General Tariff

£ S. p. 4

40 per cent. 1 0 0

3 4 0 3 7 0 15 7


6 1 0

2 0 0 20 per cent.

30 per cent.

4 | per cent. 30 per cent.

30 per cent.

5 17 3

15 3

24 per cent.

24 per cent.

£4.8.8. per oke or £4.8.8. per 1,000 cigarettes whichever is the higher.

4 8 8 3 18 8 1 10 0 1 7 0 - 5 0

30 per cent.

20 per cent.

35 per cent.

2 7 0 - 15 0 1 10 0 1 4 0 - 14 0

25

So ■si

105

106

107 108

109

110

111


Wire manufactures, not other

Wireless receiving apparatus, and parts thereof

Woollen piece goods Woollen manufactures, not

otherwise specified Zinc and zinc manufactures,

not otherwise specified Articles of food and drink not

otherwise charged with duty nor exempted from duty and not prohibited to be imported

Goods, not otherwise charged with duty nor exempted from duty and not prohibited to be

Unit

ad valorem


ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

ad valorem

Rate of Impor t Duty

Preferential Tariff

£ S. p. 16 per cent.


15 per cent.

16 per cent.

12 per cent.

16 per cent.

General Tariff

£ S. p. 24 per cent.

48 per cent. 30 per cent, or Is. the

square yard whichever is the higher.

30 per cent.

24 per cent.

15 per cent.

24 per cent.

SECOND SCHEDULE—(Section 34).

TABLE OF EXEMPTIONS. 1. Aeroplanes and their parts : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 2. Agricultural, arboricultural, horticultural, poultry farming and beekeeping

tools and implements, their fittings, connections and gearings. 3. Anchors and chains (ships'). 4. Animals and livestock. 5. Appliances and equipment certified by the Chief Veterinary Officer as being

imported for the humane slaughter of animals. 6. Archaeological instruments, scientific appliances and technical apparatus used

for the purpose of archaeological excavations and archaeological study. 7. Articles imported into the Colony consigned to members of the armed forces of

any Allied Nation which are intended for their personal or official use and all personal effects and equipment accompanying them on arrival.

8. Artists' materials proved to the satisfaction of the Collector to be imported into the Colony by an individual for his own use and not for sale.

9. Atlases, plans and maps (including globes). 10. Baggage.—Bona fide baggage of a passenger, the property of and accompanied

by such passenger or arriving within six months prior to or after the arrival of such passenger:

Provided that, in any special case where, for reasons beyond the control of the passenger, such baggage is not imported within the aforementioned period after the arrival of such passenger, the Colonial Secretary may, if he deems fit, extend this period for a further period not exceeding six months. Bona fide baggage shall consist of :—

(a) wearing apparel and other personal effects ; (b) household effects (such as furniture, carpets, glassware, linen, cutlery,

crockery and plate) which are proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be for the personal or household use of the passenger and not for sale : Provided that no person shall be entitled to exemption on household effects other than upon arrival to enter upon an office or employment or upon first arrival as a permanent resident.

26 Bona fide baggage shall not include the following articles :—

Arms ammunition, cigars and cigarettes exceeding 100, tobacco exceeding half a pound, wines and spirits exceeding one pint, perfumed spirits exceeding one pint, carriages, motor vehicles, bicycles, provisions, merchandise and piece goods.

11. Bananas. 12. Barley. . 13. Baskets for use in the export of fruit. 14 Beans, roasted or otherwise. Λ 5' Benzine.Special Boiling Point Benzine imported into the Colony by any

bona fide industrialist and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely for use in his industry.

16. Binder twine for agricultural purposes. 17. Bitumen, asphalt, pitch and tar. 18. Blind, articles for the education of the. 19 Boats and ships and their parts. 20 Boiler compositions and preparations for removing or preventing scale m

boilers : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 21. Books, printed ; printed matter and advertising material printed on paper. 22. Borax for use as an insecticide. , ·„ ,„„+„* 23 Boy Scouts or Girl Guides (including their officers), clothing or equipment of,

imported for their use and duly certified by the Secretary of the Cyprus Boy Scout or Girl Guide Association as so imported.

24. Bran. 26. Butter'Substitutes (such as Margarine and other Vegetable and Animal fat

substitutes). , , * · , , i,„ 27. Cardboard and trocas shells imported into the Colony by any person who

satisfies the Comptroller that— (a) he is a bona fide button manufacturer ; and (b) he imports— ," , , . r *

(i) such cardboard for use in the packing of buttons for export, (ii) such trocas shells for the purpose of manufacturing buttons

therefrom. , 28 Carobs and carob seeds imported under licence of the Director of Agriculture. 29. Casks, barrels, drums and vats and staves, bungs, hoops and hooping, for use m

constructing casks, barrels, drums and vats. 30. Charcoal. 31. Chemical manures and fertilizers. 32. Chemicals, other than talc, duly certified by the importer as being solely for use

in the manufacture of soap. . 33 Cinematograph films, cultural or educational, imported by licence in writing

previously obtained from the Cyprus Board of Film Censors and accompanied by a certificate to the effect that such films are cultural or educational. _

34. Cinematograph films depicting news : Provided they are of British Empire 35. Citric acid, metabisulphate, caustic soda, caustic potash, carbonate of potash,

sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid. 36. Cloth for the manufacture of fumigation tents. 37. Coal. 38. Cocoa and Chicory. . . j 39 Cotton seed cake with regard to which the Director of Agriculture is satisfied

that it is imported into the Colony by an owner of a factory for the purpose of being used for the preparation of food for animals in a compound form for export from the Colony in such compound form : Provided that the importer shall sign a declaration in the prescribed form.

40. Crushed Wheat and Semolina. 41. Cylinders containing gas (the gas being dutiable),

27 42. Dairy appliances and equipment, including containers and packages used ill

the distribution of milk and milk products. 43. Demijohns, sealed on exportation, after identification. 44. Disinfectants, insecticides and fungicides. 45. Dutiable goods imported by Consuls and Consular officers for exhibition

purposes only. 46. Dutiable goods re-imported into the Colony and so proved to the satisfaction

of the Collector. 47. Essences for the manufacture of perfumery. 48. Eggs which are certified as imported for incubation purposes. 49. Firearms for the personal use of officers of His Majesty's Forces serving in the

Colony. 50. Fire bricks for industrial purposes : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 51. Fire engines and water sprinklers and parts for same imported by or for the use

of Municipal Councils : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 52. Firewood. 53. Fish, dried, salted or pickled. 54. Fish, fresh, taken in the waters of the Colony. 55. Fishing tackle (including nets and thread for the manufacture of fishing nets,

lines and hooks). 56. Flags, British : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 57. Flour of wheat, rye or maize. 58. Foundry coke for use in foundries. 59. Foundry coke : Provided it is of British Empire Origin. 60. Foundry fire bricks : Provided they are of British Empire Origin, and for use

in foundries. j 61. Fruit, viz.: Groundnuts, Dates, Olives fresh or salted.

62. Fuel carried on board an aircraft entering Cyprus and possessing the nationality of any of the States in which the Convention relating to the regulation of aerial navigation made at Paris on the 13th October, 1919, is for the time being in force : Provided that the quantity of such fuel does not exceed that needed for the journey of such aircraft as defined in the log-book thereof.

03. Furniture for churches and mosques, and articles intended to be used in the building and fitting of churches and mosques, and vestments and other articles necessarily used for religious services and certified to be so imported or used, as the case may be, by the proper ecclesiastical authority.

64. Goods imported by or on behalf of the Governor or in the absence of the Governor, the Officer Administering the Government, for his use.

65. Goods imported by or for the use of the Government. 66. Goods and Materials for Oil Exploration, viz. : All stores, equipment,

goods and materials whether directly imported into the Colony by or consigned from a bonded warehouse in the Colony to the holder of an exploration licence for the time being in force granted under the provisions of the Mines Regulations (Amendment) Law, 1938, and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely required for use by the holder of such licence for oil exploration purposes'in accordance with the terms of such licence or for transportation purposes in connection therewith, or for the equipment of any offices, houses, hospitals and other buildings used by such holder in connection therewith shall be admitted into the Colony free from all import duties :

Provided that the holder of the licence shall, at the time of the importation of such stores, equipment, goods and materials,—

(ff) make and sign a declaration in the prescribed form, and (ύ) give security to the Comptroller in such amount and in such manner

as the Comptroller shall determine for the due payment by the holder of such licence of any import duty which may become due and payable under the terms of the declaration aforesaid.

28 67. Goods and stores imported by and for the use of His Majesty's Forces duly

certified as such by an officer thereof. 68. Goods contained in parcels addressed to members of His Majesty's Forces

imported into the Colony for their personal use. 69. Goods and stores imported into the Colony by R.A.S.C./E.F.I. for the use of

His Majesty's Forces or any other persons who under R.A.S.C./E.F.I. Regulations are entitled to the use thereof, duly certified as such by the Officer in charge of the R.A.S.C./E.F.I. in Cyprus or his deputy.

70. Goods imported by any charitable institution approved by the Governor, which are proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely for use in any place of detention of illegal immigrants detained under the Detention (Illegal Immigrants) Laws, 1946.

71. Gymnastic apparatus imported for the use of schools. 72. Hay and straw and other animal food imported under permit from the

Director of Agriculture. 73. Hoops for fruit, egg and vegetable boxes. 74. Hospital appliances or equipment certified under the hand of the Director of

Medical and Health Services to be imported for the use of any Hospital. 75. Hotel furniture, i.e. bedsteads and wire mattresses, baths and basins, sanitary

apparatus, electric light installation, blankets, linen, cutlery, glass and china, forming the first equipment of a hotel, upon proof to the satisfaction of the Comptroller t ha t the following conditions have been complied with :—

(a) That every article is to be used in a hotel for the construction of which a sum of not less than ten thousand pounds has been or is to be expended ;

(b) That every article is marked with the name of the hotel and/or with the name of the proprietor of the hotel ;

(c) That every article is of British Empire Origin or manufacture ; and (d) That the proprietor of the hotel enters, a t the t ime of importation,

into a bond in such form and secured in such manner as the Comptroller may prescribe and require, conditioned tha t , if a t any t ime any article"which in virtue of this exemption has been imported free from duties of Customs is sold to any person or is found in the possession of any person other than the proprietor of the hotel such proprietor shall' in respect of such article pay forthwith the duties of Customs which would have been payable thereon at the t ime of importation.

76. Household effects (including one motor car) and personal effects imported by the Consular Officer of a foreign country within twelve months of his first a r r iva l : Provided t ha t a similar privilege is accorded by such foreign country to the British Consulates therein.

77. Iron and steel scrap. 78. Iron hooping. 79. Iron piping, and piping other than iron piping, including hose, and angles,

bends, cocks, taps and other connections, imported for irrigation purposes . and water supplies.

80. Kastanean, quebracho, mimosa, oak, myrobalan and fichte, extract dry and liquid, for the purpose of being used in tanning.

81. Kerosene. 82. Linen and other cloth for embroidery and re-exportation. 83. Linen th read : Provided it is of British Empire Origin. 84. Macaroni and Vermicelli. 85. Machinery and parts of machinery, their fittings, connections and gearings.

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86. Machinery or apparatus (including masts, poles, lines and their parts and materials) imported into Cyprus by Imperial and Internat ional Communications Limited and certified to be solely required for the construction, maintenance or operation of their land telegraphs, wireless telegraphy stations, or telephone installations : Provided t ha t such machinery and apparatus is of British Empire Origin.

87. Matches.—All materials for the manufacture of matches, other t han t imber or manufactured wood articles for the purpose of making matches, are allowed entry to the factory free of import duty.

88. Mangoes. 89. Medals and decorations (Government) to be worn by persons in the Colour. 90. Medals, cups and shields or other trophies proved to the satisfaction of t he

Comptroller to have been won abroad as honorary distinctions or to have been sent by donors abroad for such purpose.

91. Medical, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances. 92. Medicines, viz. : atebrin, plasmoquine, quinine, antimeningococcus serum. 93. Microscopes and microscopical apparatus. 94. Milk preserved and milk foods, milk powder, whole, and milk powder, infants'

food. 95. Mine trucks and parts of mine trucks, their fittings, connections and gearings. 96. Mining lamps, mining hats and caps. 97. Mining safety boots and shoes imported, into the Colony by or on behalf of any

Mining Company carrying on mining operations in the Colony for the t ime being and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely required for use in the mine of such Mining Company and in such numbers as are required for such use and of a pat tern previously approved by the Comptroller.

98. Mining safety goggles imported into the Colony by or on behalf of any Mining Company, carrying on mining operations in the Colony for the t ime being and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely required for use in the mine of such Mining Company and in such numbers as are required for such use.

99. Mining Material.—The following goods, proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be imported solely for use underground in any mine of the importer :—

(a) sawn and round t imber of any dimensions ; (δ) expanded metal and steel to be used for the support of underground

workings. 100. Military equipment imported by and for the use of any officer of His Majesty's

Forces. 101. Military stores imported by His Majesty's Forces and duly certified as such by

an officer thereof. 102. Mill stones and grinding stones. 103.—(a) Motor vehicles imported by visitors who are members of an automobile

club or association approved by the Governor, provided t ha t such vehicles are exported within six months from the date of importation or within such further period as the Comptroller may allow, and subject to such other conditions as he may impose.

(&) Motor vehicles imported by visitors who are not members of an automobile club or association approved by the Governor or who, being members, do not desire to avail themselves of the privilege accorded to such members, provided, amongst certain other conditions, t ha t at the t ime of importation the importers deposit with the Collector of Customs a sum equal to the duty chargeable on such motor vehicles under the Customs Tariff for the t ime being in operation, and t ha t such vehicles are exported within six months from the date of importation or within such further period as the Comptroller may allow. Upon exportation the deposit is refunded.

30 104. Motor cars or motor cycles of the officers of His Majesty's Forces serving in the

Colony, not being of a typo the importation of which is prohibited under any law or public instrument for the time being in force, wbich are imported b\T such officers for their own use :

Provided t ha t a t the t ime of importation such officer shall sign and deb ver to the Comptroller an undertaking tha t such motor car or motor cycle will be re-exported within twelve months from the date of importation or within such further period of service of such officer in the Colony.

105. Mother-of-pearl blanks, unfaced, imported into the Colony by any person who satisfies the Comptroller that—

(a) he is a bona fide but ton manufacturer ; and (b) he imports such unfaced mother-of-pearl blanks solely for the purpose

of manufacturing buttons therefrom for export from the Colony ; and (c) such unfaced mother-of-pearl blanks are of British Empire Origin,

shall be admitted free from all import duties : Provided tha t before clearance from the Customs the importer shall sign

a declaration in a form approved by the Comptroller. 100. Municipal poorhouse appliances and equipment certified as specially imported

for the purpose : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 107. Municipal and other public slaughter-house accessories : Provided they are of

British Empire Origin. 108. Naphthalene. 109. Oats. 110. Oils, Edible. 111. Oil-burning appliances and any parts thereof :-—

1. Oil-burning cooking stoves. 2. Oil-burning heating stoves. 3. Oil-burners for—

(a) steam boilers ; (6) kilns of all kinds ; (c) stills ; (d) dryers ; (e) heating and cooking stoves ; (/) geysers ; (g) furnaces ; (h) water heaters and ovens of all types ; (i) tar and asphalt boilers.

4. Oil-burning hot water boilers. 5. Oil-burning irons. 6. Oil-burning wash boilers.

112. Paludrin. 113. Paper and cellophane certified as imported for use in wrapping fruit or vegetables

for export. 114. Paper imported into the Colony solely for the purpose of being used for the

lining of any kind of receptacle utilized in the export of powdered umber. 115. Peas roasted or otherwise. 116. Peat, moss : Provided it is of British Empire Origin. 117. Personal effects of Cypriote or persons domiciled in Cj-prus who have died

abroad. 118. Petroleum products other than petrol, benzine and mineral turpentine. 119. Photo-engraved blocks used in letterpress printing or electrotyped or stereo

typed replicas of such blocks : Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 120. Pig-iron : Provided it is of British Empire Origin.

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121. Playing cards, viz.: Materials for use in the manufacture thereof. 122. Postage stamps, used or unused. 123. Preparations for use in the destruction of rats and mice. 124. Printed tissue paper for wrapping fruit, eggs and vegetables and printed labels

for fruit, egg and vegetable boxes of a design approved by the Director of Agriculture.

125. Printing ink, printing material and printers type. 126. Printing paper, white or coloured, certified by the importer as being for use for

printing newspapers, books, leaflets, pamphlets and posters. 127. Produce of Cyprus re-imported. 128. Professional robes of advocates entitled to practise in Cyprus. 129. Pyrethrum flowers. 130. Raffia. 131. Raw materials imported into Cyprus for the manufacture therein of leather

goods for export and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to b e : (a) unobtainable from local sources at a sufficiently cheap price in the necessary quality or quanti ty for the purposes of any such manufacture, and (b) of British Empire Origin where such raw materials are obtainable in the British Empire.

132. Raw materials other than explosive substances imported into Cyprus for the manufacture therein of buttons for export and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be : (a) unobtainable from local sources at a sufficiently cheap price in the necessary quality or quanti ty for the purposes of any such manufacture, and (δ) of British Empire Origin, where such raw materials are obtainable in the British Empire.

133. Red Cross Stores.—All stores and appliances imported into the Colony by or on behalf of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem and certified by the Deputy Commissioner for Cyprus tha t they shall be used solely for the purposes and in connection with the activities in Cyprus of the said Society and Order.

134. Rennet powder. 135. Rice. 136. Sacks and sacking material for oil presses. 137. Sacks, empty, and sacking material. 138. Salt, rock, for use as lick for cattle. 139. School instruments and appliances used for educational purposes, which are

imported for the use of schools and are certified to be for such use 140. Scientific instruments and appliances for the purpose of scientific investigation

and research. ° 141. Seeds, not otherwise specified, for sowing purposes, including seed potatoes

bulbs, plants and cuttings : Provided tha t in the case of wheat, barley' oats, beans and vetches a licence be first obtained from the Director of Agriculture.

142. Shovels. 143. Silkworm eggs. 144. Silkworm eggs: Empty cardboard boxes and labels for use in connection with

the raising of silkworm eggs. 145. Sponges taken by licensed boats in the Colony. 146. Sports requisites and gear and musical instruments imported by and for the ϊ ϊ * o . US? ? f H i s M a J e s t y ' s F o r c e s d u l y certified as such by an officer thereof 147. Street lamps and their fittings imported by or for Municipal Councils to be

used m the lighting of streets within municipal limits and duly certified as so imported : Provided they are of British Empire Origin

82 148. Sulphur. 149. Tee th : Materials and apparatus for the manufacture of false teeth. 150. Telephone and telegraph poles. 151. Theatrical appliances and requisites accompanying a theatrical or show troupe

and necessary for their performances in the Colony. 152. Timber imported into the Colony ready cut to size for the purpose of being

used for the making of cases for packing fruit, vegetables or eggs. 153. Timber imported into the Colony for the purpose of being used for the making

of cases for the packing of goods which are the produce of the Colony for export, not being timber imported into the Colony ready cut to size for the purpose of being used for the making of cases for packing fruit, vegetables or eggs : Provided tha t—

(a) all such timber shall be distinctively marked with the words " Export Cases " ;

(6) the importer shall sign a declaration in the prescribed form. 154. Tin cans, flattened, together with their lids, used for the purpose of packing

jam or fruit preserves, and duly certified by the importer as being solely for re-export.

155. Tombstones and memorial tablets. 156. Tools and implements used in handicraft. 157. Town clocks and cesspool emptiers imported into the Colony by any Municipal

Corporation certified by the Mayor of such Corporation tha t they shall be used solely for public municipal purposes, provided tha t they are of British Empire Origin.

158. Uniforms of any Foreign Government to be worn by persons entitled to wear them.

159. Uniforms of Foreign Consuls and Consular Officers and national flags imported for their use.

160. Uniforms of public officers and professional robes of legal or judicial officers in the employment of His Majesty's Government : Provided that such uniforms or robes are introduced for the personal use only of such officers, and have been duly authorized.

161. Vermouth essence certified by the consignee to be solely for use in the manufacture of vermouth for export.

162. Vetches. 163. Water Softening Apparatus and Machinery and any parts thereof. 164. Wheat. 165. Windmills and other appliances for raising water. 166. Wine : Appliances for use in the manufacture and examination of wine and

preparations for use in the preservation thereof. 167. Wire nails certified to be imported for use for fruit, egg and vegetable boxes :

Provided they are of British Empire Origin. 168. Wood wool and paper shavings for use in packing eggs, fruit and vegetables

for export. 169. Works of art, artistic collections, specimens of objects of archaeological or

historical interests consigned to a public institution approved as such by the Governor, and proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be imported solely for exhibition purposes in, by, or on behalf of such institution, and re-exported within such time as the Comptroller may determine.

170. Zinc, copper and brass sheets which are proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be of British Empire Origin and to be imported into the Colony by or on behalf of any person possessing a printing press under the provisions of the Press Law, 1947, for use by such person in printing or photo-engraving process : Provided tha t the person possessing the printing press shall sign a declaration in a form approved by the Comptroller.

33 FIFTH SCHEDULE—(Section 63).

(A) WHARFAGE DUES FOR IMPORTS.

a I — I

1

2

3 4 5 6 7

S 9

10 11

12 13 14

15

16 17

18

19 20

21


(A) The following goods to be charged as Animals :

(a) Asses, camels, horses, mules and oxen (δ) Other animals not specified

Bottles, e m p t y : (a) of one pint capacity or over . . (6) of less than one pint capacity

Bricks and tiles Cement and lime Chemical manure Coals Coffee

Copper plates, copper pans, boilers & stills Cotton, woollen and silk piece goods

Demijohns Earthenware (loose) :

(a) Jars (δ) Other

Furniture, chairs Grain: Wheat, barley, vetches & other grain Gunpowder

Herrings

Hides and skins (undressed) Indigo

Iron and steel : Bars, bundles, joists, sheets, rods, pipes, grates, chains and chain cables (including galvanized)

Lead Leather, sole

Leather, other

Rate

follows :—

8O'. each. I2p. each.

8p. per gross. \p. per gross. 8p. per 1,000. 4p. per 100 okes. 2p. per 100 okes.

12^. per ton. 12^?. per package not exceed

ing 60 okes. 24p. per package exceeding 60

okes. 4βρ. per 100 okes. 16p. per package not exceed

ing 44 okes. 4s. per package exceeding 44

okes and not exceeding 440 okes.

QOp. exceeding 140 okes. \p. each.

ip. each. 8p. per 100. 2s. per dozen. 8p. per 100 okes.

16p. per package not exceeding 10 okes.

20p. per package exceeding 10 okes.

8p. per barrel exceeding 20 okes.

2p. per case not exceeding 10 okes.

IGp. per package. 20p. per 20 okes or par t

thereof.

12p. per 100 okes. 12p. per 100 okes. 16p. per bale or package not

exceeding 100 okes. 2ip. per bale or package exceed

ing 100 okes. 4s. per package. 8p. in small parcels not exceed

ing 15 okes.

u

Description of Goods Rate

Machinery

Machinery boilers Motor cars Motor cycles Musical instruments : Harmoniums, organs

and pianos Olive stones Petrol and petroleum Poultry . . . . ■. Pice, flour and sugar Slates Timber Tobacco, unmanufactured, andtumbeki Wheels . . Wines, beer and spirits :

(1) lii cases

(2) In casks : (a) Wines and beer

2s. per case or package not exceeding 8 cubic feet.

6s. per case or package exceeding 8 and not exceeding 24 cubic feet.

12s. per case or package exceeding 24 and not exceeding 50 cubic feet.

24s. per case or package exceeding 50 cubic feet.

£1 each. £2 each.

10s. each.

(b) Spirits

Yarns : (a) Cotton

(6) Other

(B) Goods not specially rated to be charged as Per bag, bundle, sack, tin, jar (not being

empty) and small parcels : (a) Not exceeding 20 okes (6) Exceeding 20 and not exceeding 80

okes (c) Exceeding 80 okes

8s. each. IQp. per ton. 3p. per 8 gallons. 2|). each.

OOj». per ton. I2p. per 1,000. 4 per cent, ad valorem.

20 paras per oke. 2s. per pair.

12^9. per case of not more than one dozen.

2s. per case of more than one dozen.

12p. per cask containing not more than 100 okes.

2s. per cask containing more than 100 okes.

2s. per cask containing not more than 100 okes.

24^3. per cask containing more than 100 okes.

8^J. per 100 okes net or par t thereof.

ie. per case or bale not exceeding 440 okes.

66p. per case or bale exceeding 440 okes.

follows :—

ip.

8p. 12p.

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£ Description of Goods Rate

Per bale, case, box, t runk, crate, chest or truss :

(a) Not exceeding 40 okes . . . . (6) Exceeding 40 and not exceeding 110


Per cask Per barrel, keg or drum All other packages or receptacles, not enu

merated, each Goods not packed in any way :

(a) Weighing less than 10 okes (δ) Weighing 10 okes and less than 40 okes (c) Weighing 40 okes and less than 100

okes (d) Weighing 100 okes and upwards (e) Per 100 okes of goods in bulk, usually

so carried, not enumerated above Goods in bulk, not usually so carried, to be

charged according to the package generally used for them, if not provided for above.

In the event of two or more cases or packages being hooped, tied, or secured together into one bundle each case is to be considered as a separate case or package in levying wharfage duos.

8p.

Up. 4s.

20p. 8p.

8p.

2p. 4p.

12p.

ip.

(c) Exemptions :—■ 1. Goods for the Government, or for His Majesty's Forces ; personal baggage ; used

empty sacks ; empty casks, barrels and packages (not including jars or demijohns) ; firewood; specie; hay and s t r aw; wooden hoops and staves for casks ; bona fide samples of no marketable value ; sulphur ; and goods from other ports in the Colony.

2.—(a) All goods landed at any port in the Colony and declared at the time of landing to be destined for a foreign port shall on being shipped be exempt from the wharfage dues for imports and shall be liable only to onefifth of the rates levied as wharfage dues for exports hereunder.

(δ) AU goods landed in error at any port in the Colony shall on being shipped be exempt from the wharfage dues for imports and shall be liable only to the wharfage dues for exports levied hereunder.

(c) Nothing in this paragraph contained shall apply to bonded goods. 3. Stores and equipment for vessels of war and for yachts used solely for the

purpose of pleasure. 4. Oils and fuels for the use of aeroplanes : Provided tha t wharfage dues shall

in the first instance be paid upon the landing thereof, and the amount paid shall be refunded when such oils or fuels have been taken aboard an aeroplane.

δ. Produce of Cyprus which has been exported therefrom and is subsequently returned as unmarketable or for any other reason could not be disposed of abroad.

6. All articles imported into the Colony consigned to members of the armed forces of any Allied Nation which are intended for their personal or official usβ and all personal effects and equipment accompanying thein on arrival

7. All goods imported by any charitable institution approved by the Governor, which are proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be solely for use in any place of detention of illegal immigrants detained under the Detention (Illegal Immigrants) La\vs, 1946.

36 (Β) WHARFAGE DUES FOR EXPORTS.


(A) The following goods to be charged as Animals :

(a) Asses, camels, horses, mules and oxen (δ) Other animals not specified

Bones Bricks and tiles Carobs Chrome ore Coals and charcoal . . Copper ore, unrefined Cotton seed Cotton

Earthenware : (a) Empty jars of 20 okes content and

upwards . . (δ) Empty jars of less than 20 okes con

tent (c) Other, loose

Firewood Flax. . . . . . Fruit, fresh :

(a) Lemons and oranges . . (6) Pomegranates . . (c) Other

Fruit, dried : (a) Raisins

(δ) Other

Grain : Barley, oats, vetches and wheat Grape must

Gypsum and lime

follows :—

lip. each. 2p. each. 5p. per ton. 2p. per 1,000. 0%p. per cantar of 180 okes. 3p. per ton. 3p. per ton. l | p . per ton. 3p. per ton. 4§2?· per package or bale not

exceeding 100 okes. Is. per package or bale exceed

ing 100 okes.

\p. each.

OJp. each. Ip. per 100. 3p. per ton. 2p. per package.

Ip. per 1,000·. Ip. per 100 okes. Oii5· per basket or package

not exceeding 10 okes. 0|p. per basket or package

exceeding 10 okes and not exceeding 25 okes.

Ip. per basket or package exceeding 25 okes.

O^p. per package not exceeding 40 okes.

Q\p. per package exceeding 40 okes and not exceeding 100 okes.

Ip. per package exceeding 100 okes.

Ip. per package not exceeding 25 okes.

Ip. per package exceeding 25 okes.

0fi>. per 200 okes. 0|j). per tin or other recep

tacle not exceeding 50 okes.

ΉΡ· P e r ^ o n when shipped from a Government pier.

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Gypsum stone

Hemp Hides and skins Minerals, unenumerated Ochre and terra umbra

Petrol and petroleum Poultry :

(a) Turkeys . . (δ) Other

Pyrites, unrefined Silk cocoons Spirits in tins and demijohns

Spirits in cases

Spirits in casks

Stones, sawn, dressed or rough Sumac Timber Vegetables, fresh or dried . . Wines in cases

Wine and vinegar

Wine and vinegar in cask

Wool

(B) Goods not specially rated to be charged Per bag, bundle, sack, tin, jar (not being

empty) and small parcels :— (a) Not exceeding 20 okes (b) Exceeding 20 and not exceeding 80

okes (c) Exceeding 80 okes . , , ,

2p. per ton when shipped from a Government pier.

2p. per package. 4p. per package. Is. per ton. '3p. per ton when shipped

from a Government pier. ΰςρ. per 8 gallons.

\p. each. 0\p. each. Up. per ton. 6p. per package. 0\p. up to 50 okes. Ip. from 50 to 100 okes. 2p. over 100 okes. 2p. per case of not more than

one dozen. 3p. per case of more than one

dozen. 3p. per cask containing not

more than 100 okes. 4p. per cask containing more

than 100 okes. 2p. per 100.

OJj). per 100 okes. 1 per cent, ad valorem. d\p. per 100 okes. \p. per case of not more than

one dozen. l\p. per case of more than

one dozen. 0 | p . per demijohn or t in con

taining not more than 50 okes.

2p. per cask containing not more than 100 okes.

"ip. per cask containing more than 100 okes.

4|2>. per package not exceeding 100 okes.

Is. per package exceeding 100 okes.

as follows :—■

Ip.

2p. 3p.

88

ο Description of Goods Rate

3 4 5

6

7

Per bale, case, box, t runk, orate, ohest or truss :

(«) Not exceed ing 40 okes (δ) Exceeding 40 and not exceeding 110


Per cask Per barrel, keg or drum All other packages or receptacles, not enu

merated Per 100 okes of goods in bulk, usually so

carried, not enumerated above Goods in bulk, not usually so carried, to be

charged according to the package generally used for them if not provided for above.

In the event of two or more cases or packages being hooped, tied or secured together into one bundle each case is to be considered as a separate case or package in levying wharfage dues.

2p.

4p. Is. 5p. 2p.

2p. each.

Ip.

(c) Exemptions : 1. Goods shipped by the Government or for His Majesty's Forces ; personal

baggage ; empty sacks, casks or packages (not including jars or demijohns) ; sal t ; straw ; mats for dunnage ; bona fide stores and provisions for ships in ports, in reasonable quantities ; goods for other places ; specie ; small packages, not exceeding 5s. in value, accompanying a passenger when embarking ; and shingle and sand.

2. Stores and equipment for vessels of war and for yachts used solely for the purpose of pleasure.

3. All goods certified by a properly authorized representative of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in Cyprus to be exported by or for the purposes of such administration shall be exempt from the payment of ^any wharfage dues for export."

21th January, 1948. R . E . TUBNBTJLL,

Colonial Secretary.

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