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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &C
I M P O R T D U T Y .
T A B L E O F
EXEMPTIONS—continued.
v.—Goods and Stores of every description supplied under contract with Her Majesty's War
Department for the public use ofHer Majesty's laud forces, duly certified as such by the principal
Commissariat Officer, such certificate to be countersigned by the Chief Secretary to Government.
vi.—Uniforms of Public Officers and professional robes of Legal or Judicial Officers in the
employment of Her Majesty's Government,, provided that such uniforms or robes are introduced
for the personal use only of such officers, aud have been duly authorized.
rii.—Professional robes of Advocates entitled to practise in Cyprus.
•viii.—Authorized uniforms of Foreign Consuls and Consular Officers and national flags
imported for their use.
Authorized uniforms of any Foreign Government to be worn by persons entitled to wear them.
Government medals and decorations to be worn by persons resident in Cyprus.
ix.—Fire-arms for the personal use of Officers of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces.
x.—Paving stones imported by Municipal Councils in the Island to be used for the paving
of streets withiu the Municipal limits, and duly certified as so imported by the President and
Cashier of any Municipal Council.
xi.—Street lamps and theirfittingsimported by Municipal Councils in the Island to be used
in the lighting of Streets within the Municipal limits, and duly certified as so imported hy the
President and the Cashier of any Municipal Council.
xii.—Casks and vats, and staves and hoops for use iu constructing casks and vats.
xiii.—Microscopes and all microscopical and other apparatus or appliances for purposes of
scientific investigation and research.
xiv.—Gymnastic apparatus, mathematical and generally all other instruments used in schools
for educational purposes, which are imported for the use of schools.
xv.—Animals and livestock, atlases and maps, anchors and chains (ships'), bark, boats,
charcoal, church furniture, and articles intended to be used in the building andfittingup of
churches and mosques and vestments and other articles necessarily used for religious services
and certified to be so intended or used, as the case m a y be, by the proper ecclesiastical
authority, coals, empty casks and sacks, freshfish,gold bullion and specie, ice, lime, medicines
and medical appliances, pitch and tar, printed books, sawdust, silk-worms' eggs, sponges taken
by licensed boats, stationery, printing paper, whether white or coloured, printing ink, printers'
type, and printing materials, sulphur, wheat, barley, oats, vetches,flour,bran, chopped straw,
cotton seed, fodder for cattle, and all mechanical appliances for use in manufacture and
examination of wine; sulphur syringes, tombstones and memorial tablets, and tools and
implements used in Agriculture and Handicrafts.
xvi.—Machinery and parts of machinery and theirfittings,connections and gearing.
The High Commissioner mav in certain cases order admission free of duty of goods sent for
use in Cousular Offices (Sec. 1*1 of Law X X I I . of 1899).
Dutiable articles that have previously been exported from Cyprus, provided they are re- \
imported not later than one year after exportation.
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Hospital appliances or equipment, certified under the hand of the Chief Medical Officer to j
be imported for the use of any Hospital.
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Fire-wood, free of Import dutv. J
Postage Stamps—used or unused—other than those of Cyprus, are free of import dutv. J
Empty cardboard boxes and labels, which the Chief Collector of Customs is satisfied are for (
use in connection with the raising of silk-worm es-^s.
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Iron piping, which the High Commissioner is satisfied is for work of public utility and j
imported by auy public Municipal body or authoritv.
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All manure a
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d fertilisers, guano, bonedust, aud all chemical manures aud preparation-- to he (
used as manure.
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DRAWBACK or IMPORT DCTY.
Persons who pay import duty on guns brought with them to Cyprus for sporting purposes
are entitled to have three-fourths of the amount refunded at the Custom House, Larnaca in the
event of their taking the guns out of the Island within 5 years on production of the documents
referred to in Sec. 2 (a) and (6) of Order in Council No. 19, Gazette 77 of 19th October 18S1
W h e n any Import Duty shall have been paid in respect of any wine, spirits, malt liquors'
tobacco, cigars, or articles of food supplied for the use of any mess on board anv of Her
Majesty s ships of war a drawback of the amount of the duty so paid may he allowed or if
such goods are shipped from the Customs store before payment of duty, the amount of such
duty m a y be remitted on the production of a certificate from the proper officer of Customs
that such goods have been actually shipped on board one of H e / M & s t y T s h i p s a r efp
from the Paymaster of such ship for he goods and a written undertaking from the Pay–
master or other proper officer o such ship that if such goods or any part tbfreof shall be at
any time re-landed, the duty shall be paid thereon.
A U T H O R I T V .
Law Ko. 22 of 1899.
Order in Council No.
262 of 25th Aue.. 1896.
Gazette No. 526, llth
September, 1S96.
Order in Council No.
2SS, 17th Sept., 1897,
Gazette No. 570 of lst
Oct., 1S97.
Order in Council No.
352 of 18th Feb., 1902.
published in Gazette No.
721 of 28th Feb.. 1902.
Order in Council No
32S published in Gazette
No. 654 of 2nd March,
19O0.
Order iu Council No.
37S of 7th March. 1901,
Gazette No. 7S5 of llth
March, 1904.
Order in Council No.
3S6 published in Gazette
No. 808 of 4 th
NOT.
1904.
Order in Council No.
422 published in Gazette
No. 863. of 24 th August,
190C.
Law No. 23 of 1899.