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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C.
TITHES.
One tenth of the produce of the laud of
Birlev I Measured on the threshing floors, and delivered in kind at the Govern–
o r s } > ment Granaries, cost of transport to which, for distances in excess of
Vetches ) t*iree •m'^es' i sma*^e S00***t0 tithe-payers.
N O T E . — A l l other tithes have been suspended or abolished, or replaced by Tithe Dues leviable
on Exportation. (See page 7.)
ACTHCI'ITT.
Oiiler ofthe Hirrh Conv
nii«sioner No. 2'."1 of 7th
March. 180$. under Ordi–
nance u of ISSI.
TAX ON ANIMALS.
SHEEP AXD GOAT TAX.
24 silver piastres (3J c.p.) per head yearly on every sheep and 5 c.p. per head yearly on
even* goat one year old and upwards.
T h e tax on goats m a v be increased .and that on sheep decreased by the High C o m m i s –
sioner in Council provided that no increase shall be m a d e in the total amount recename as
calculated upon the basis of the last preceding official returns of the numbers oi sbeep and
goats in the Island. . , .• A
Sheep and Goats not produced by the owners at the first official enumeration and
uncounted thereat are liable to double tax.
PIG TAX.
4^ c.p. per head yearly on every pig over three months old.
Pigs not produced by the owners at the first official enumeration and uncounted thereat
are liable to double tax.
YERGHI.
Kimat.
4 per 1,000 on the capital value of lauds, houses and other immoveable property.
EXEJIPTIOXS.
Ottoman Resrulation
8th Februarv. 15*71, Sec.
an<l Law No'. 22 of lS!)i>,
sec. 31.
Ottoman Reeulation
10th February; ISTO,
and instructions of the
High Commissioner of
the 12th Aguust, 1S79.
I
Law of 14 Djemazi-ul-
Evvel. 1277, aud various
Vizierial circulars, and
Law No. 11 of 18S2,sec.
17.
Persons w h o uuder the L a w of 29 Zilbidje, 127S, would have been entitled to exemption Orderof Hicrh <Con-m«-
from tithe on olive trees planted by them m a y apply to the Verghi Department for exemption ™ ™ T ^ ^ Q a e £ .
fi-om verghi on such trees until such time as the immunity from tithe thereon Avouid have
expired if the tithe on olives were still leviable.
No. 2S0 of the same date.
FINES, FORFEITURES A N D FEES OF COURTS.
FINES.
Fine.-- are levied in the different Court? under the Ottoman and English L a w as from time
to time altered or modified by Cyprus Statute L a w .
FORFEITURES.
Forfeitures are similarly inflicted.
-A.—IN* CIVIL ACTIONS B E F O R E T U E S U P R E M E C O U R T A N D T U E D I S T R I C T C O U R T S (a).
In matters regulated by "The Rules of Court. 18S6," in matters
arising under the authority of clause 70 of " The High Court of Justice
Ordinance, 1879." and in proceeding; in bankruptcy under the provi–
sions of the Ottoman Commercial Code, the following fees are appointed
to be taken, in the Supreme Court, in the several District Courts, in
any office which is connected with any of those Courts and by any
officer attached to any of those Court.*, in respect of the several pro–
ceedings mentioned :—
On sealing a writ of summons in anv action :—
Where the amount claimed is £20 or under
Where the amount claimed is over £20 ; where no liquidated
•--iiu is claimed ; or where the recovery of money is not the
object o\ the action ...
£ s. c.p.
5 0
10 0
Rules uf Court of 17th
April. ISSfi. published
in Gazette No. VJ6 of
Sth Mav, 1SSC.
(//) l'.y Ruleof Court ot 22ml May. 1SSS, published in Oazette No. 2Go of lst June, 18S8, proceedings taken b» the Land Registry
Office under " The Titles Registration Law, 1SS5." are exempt from payment of fee.