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SPECISICATION OF TAXES. DUTIES. &C.
TITHES.
One tenth of the produce of che land of
rr"l
Barlev / Measured on the threshingfloors,aud delivered in kiud at che Govern–
o r "
ment Granaries, an allowance for cost of transport is made good to tithe-
Vetches • P
a
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rera
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N O T E . — A l l other tithes have heen suspended or abolished, or replaced by Tithe Dues leviable
on Exportation. (See page 7.)
TAX ON ANIMALS.
SHEEP AND GOAT TAX.
24 silver piastres • "icp.) per head yearly on every sheep and ."icp. per head yeariy ou
every goat one
uisn '••IC-J. i *JCI Li
year old una upwards.
The tax ou goats may be increased and thac on sheep decreased by the Hieh Commissioner
in Council provided that no increase shall be made iu the total amount receivable as calculated
upon the basis of the last preceding official returns of che numbers of sheep and goats in the
Island.
Sheep and goats not produced by the owners at thefirstofficial enumeration and uncounted
thereat are liable to double tax.
PIG TAX.
4-Jfcp. per head yearly ou every pig over three months old.
PL's not produced hy the owners at chefirstofficial enumeration au<? uncounted thereat are
liable to duub'e tax.
VEKGHI.
KIMAT.
4 per 1,000 on the capital value of lands, houses and other immovable propercy.
EXEMPTIONS.
Persons who under the Law of 29 Zilbidje, 127*-*, would have beeu entitled to exemption
from tithe on olive trees planted by them may apply to the Terghi Department for exemption
from verghi on such trees until such time a3 the immunity from ciche thereon would have
xr-ired if the tithe on olives were still leviable.
ACTHORITf.
O n e r of tue ii>gh C.-m-
missioner No. iO'J of 11th
March. l'Jll. under L a w
oor 1831.
Ottoman Regulation
•Sth Febmarr. 1871, Sec.
ami I.avr No". 2*2 of 1899,
se*:. 31.
Ottoman Regulation
luth F-sbruarr. 1870,
and instructions of the
High Commissioner of
the 12th As-must. 1879.
Law of 14 Djemasi-ul-
Errel, 1277, and Tarioas
Vizieriai circulars, and
Law No. 11 of ISS**!. sec.
17.
Order of High Commis–
sioner dated Slh March,
1SS9. pabiished in Gaz.
No. 280 of rhe suae date.
FINES, FORFEITURES AND FEES OF COURTS.
• FIXES.
Fines are levied in the different Courts under the Ottoman and English Law as from time
to time altered or modified by Cyprns Statute Law.
F O R F E I T U R E S .
Forfeitures are similarly inflicted.
FEES.
A.—IN CIVTL ACTIONS BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT J^TD THE DISTRICT COURTS (a).
In matters regulated by the Rules of Court, 1386, in matters
arisiu? under the~authoritv of clause TO of che Hisi* Court of Juscice
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Law, 1S79, and in proceedings 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 auy of those Courts and by any
officer attached to any of those Courts, in respect of the several pro–
ceedings mentioned :—
O n sealing* a writ of summons in anv accion :—
Where the amounc claimed is £20 or under
Where the amount claimed is over £20 ; where no liquidaced
sum is claimed ; or where che recovery of money is not the
object of che accion ...
£ s. cp.
5 0
10 0
) Roles of Court of 17th
(April. 1336. published
[in Gazette No. 198 of
8th Mar. 13S6.
(a) B T Rale of Court of 22ad May, 188,?, published ia Gazette No. 260 of lst June, 1838. proceedings talcen br the Land Registry
Office under the Titles Registration Law, 18s5, are exempt from payment of fee.