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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
E X E M P T I O N S — c o n t i n u e d .
vi.—Professional robes of Advocates entitled to practise in Cyprus.
vii.—Authorised uniforms of Foreign Consuls and Consular Officers and national flags
imported for their use.
Authorised uniforms of auy Foreign Government to be worn by persons entitled to wear them
Government medals and decorations to be worn by persons resident in Cyprus.
viii.—Fire-arms for the personal use of Officers of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces.
ix.—Pavinjr stones imported by Municipal Councils in the Island to be used for the paving
of streets within the Municipal limits, and duly certified as so imported by the President and
Cashier of auy Muuicipal Council.
x.—Street lamps and their fittings imported by Municipal Councils in the Island to be used
in the lighting of. Streets within the Municipal limits, aud duly certified as so imported by the
President and the Cashier of auy Municipal Council.
xi.—Casks aud vats, and staves and hoops for use in constructing cask3 and vats.
xii.—Microscopes and all microscopical aud other apparatus or appliances for purposes of
scientific investigation and research.
xiii.—Gymnastic apparatus, mathematical and generally all other instruments used in schools
for educational purposes, which are imported for the use of schools.
xiv.—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, coaU, empty casks and sacks, fresh fish, 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, aud 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 syriuges, tombstones and memorial tablets, and tools and
implements used in Agriculture and Handicrafts.
xv.—Machinery and parts of Machinery and theirfittings,connections and gearing.
T h e High Commissioner may in certain cases order admission free of duty of goods sent for
use in Consular Offices (Sec. 11 of L a w X X I L of 1899).
Dutiable articles and articles sent away for the purpose of alteration or repair provided:
(1) that prior to exportatiou such articles shall have been produced to the Customs for the
purpose of identification on re-importation,. (2) or that the Chief Collector of Customs, is satisfied
that the articles are the same, (3) and that the re-importation takes place within one year from
the date of exportation.
Disinfectants imported in bulk (i.e., packages each weighing not less than 10 okes or in drums
each not less than five gallons) admitted duty free.
Hospitul appliances or equipment, certified under the baud of the Chief Medical Officer to
be imported for the use of any Hospital.
Firewood, free of import duty.
Postage Stamps—used or unused—other than those of Cyprus, are free of mport duty.
Empty cardboard boxes and labels, which the Chief Collector of Customs is satisfied are for
use in connection with the raising of silk-worm eggs.
Iron piping, which the High Commissioner is satisfied is for work of Public utility and
'mported by any public Municipal body or authority.
All manure and fertilisers, guano, bonedust, and all chemical manures and preparations to be
used as manure.
Resin—free of import duty.
Motor cars, parts of motor cars, their fittings and gearing—free of import dutv until lst
November, 191:-}.
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Baggage—the bona fide baggage accompanying a passenger or following by vessel within two
months shall be exempt from duty.
Crude Petroleum—when imported as Fuel for oil engines.
Explosives—imported by the Cyprian Mining Company, Limited, duty free for two years
from lst April, 1913.
AOTHORITT.
Law No. 22 of 1399.
Order in Council No,
473 of 25th Jan., 1910,
published in Gazette No.
9«7, p. 6935.,
Order in Coancil No**
1-191 of 23rd Nov.. 1910'
j Gazette No. 996. p. 7243-
J- Order in Council No-
288, 17th Sept., 1397,
< Gazette No. 570 of 1st
( Oct.. 1897.
i
Order in Council No,
352 of ISth Feb.. 1902,
published in Gazette No.
721 of 28th Feb., 1902.
I
Order in Council No.
328 published in Gnzette
No. U54 of 2nd March,
1900.
I
Order in Council No.
373 of 7th March. 1904,
Gazette No. 735 of llth
March, 1904.
Order in Council No.
I 386 published in Gazrtte
\ No. 808 of 4 th Nov. 1904.
!
Order in Council No.
422 published in Gazette
No. 363, of 24th August,
1906.
i Order in Council No.
\ 513 published in Gazette
) No. 1017, of lst SeDt.
r
( 1911.
I
Order in Coancil No.
514 published in Gazette
No. 1021 of 29th Sept.,
1911.
{ O r d e r in Coancil No.
533 of 27th Ma*v, 1911,
published in Gazette Xo.
1010, p. 7433.
Order in CouncU No.
) uhed
b uhed ln