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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, -ic
I M P O R T DUTY—continued.
T A B L H or E X E M P T I O N S — c o n t i n u e d .
.. Goods and Stores of every description supplied nnder contract with His Majesty's W a r
Department Tor tbe public .ise of tils Majesty's laud forces, duly certified as such by the principal
Commissariat Officer, such certificate to he countersigned by the Colonial Secretary.
H. Uniforms of Public Officers and professional robes of Legal or Judicial Officers in the
employment of Kis Majesty's Government, provided that such uniforms or robes are introduced
for the personal une only of such officers, and have been duly authorised.
<i. Professional robes of Advocates entitled to practise in Cyprus.
7. Authorised uniforms of Foreign Consuls and Consular Officers and national flags imported
for their use.
Authorised 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.
i. Fire-arms for tbe personal use of Officers of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces
serving in Cvprus.
9. Paving 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 any Municipal Council.
10. Street lamps and-theirfittingsimported by Municipal Councils iu the Island to be used
in the lighting of Streets within the Municipal limits, and duly certified as so imported by the
President and the Cashier of any Municipal Council.
11. Ca*ikg and vats, and staves aad hoops for use iu constructing ca*ks and vats.
li!. Microscopes and all microscopical and other apparatus or appliances fur purposes of
scientific investigation and research.
1:5. Gymnastic apparatus, mathematical and generally all other instruments used in schools
for educational purposes, which are imported for the use of schools.
14. Animals and livestock, atlases and maps, anchors and ciiains (ships'), bark, boats,
fharcoal, church furniture, and aeticles intended to be used in the building andfittingup of
churches and mosques, and vestments and other articles necessarily used for religious services
aud certified to be so intended or used, as the case m a y be, by the proper ecclesiastical
authority, empty casks, 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, printing paper, whether white or coloured, printing ink, printers' type, and' printing
materials, sulpluir, chopped straw, cotton seed, fodder for cattle, and all mechanical appliances
for use in manufacture aud examination of wine; sulphur syringes, tombstones and memorial
tablets, and tools and .
used in handicrafts.
15. Machinery and parts of machinery and theirfittings,connections aud gearing, windmills
and other apparatus tor rai.-ing water, wiuuowiug, threshing, and other machines, tools and imple–
ments used iu agriculture, ihci.* parts, connections and gearings, chemical manures and fertilisers.
IG. T h e < Jovernor m a y in certain cases order admission free of duty of goods sent for use in
Consular Offices.
IT. Demijohns sealed r»n exportation m a y be admitted duty free on rc-importation after identifi–
cation ; hospiral appliances or equipment certified under the hand of the Chief Medical Officer to
1-e imported for the use of any hospital; postage stamps—used or unused—other than those of
Cyprus; empty cardboard boxes aud labels which the Comptroller of Customs is satisfied are
for use in connection with the raising of silk-worm eggs in Cyprus; iron piping which the
Governor is satisfied is for work of public utility and imported by or on behalf of any
Public. Municipal or Local Body or Authority; pig iron: dutiable articles aud articles sent
away for the purpose of alteration or repair provided (1) that by such alteration or repair the
specific identity ot* die article in question has not been substantially lo-t, (2) that prior to
exportation such articles shall have been produced to the Customs for the purpose of identi–
fication ou re-importation. (3) or that the Comptroller of Customs is satisfied that the articles are
the same, and (4) that the re-importation takes place within one year from the date of
exportation ; disinfectants and insecticides ; bona fide baggage belonging to and accompanying a
passeu«er. or arriving within two month's prior to or after the arrival of 3uch passenger; resin;
crude petroleum when imported as fuel for oil engines ; appliances and equipment for any Muni–
cipal Poor-house certified by the Commissioner of the District as specially imported for the purpose.
13. Flax seed.
19. Seeds for sowing purposes (including seed-potatoes, bulbs, plants and cuttings).
20. Accessories for Siunicipal Slaughter Houses.
21. Silk cocoons (up to a n d including the Slst March, 1928).
DRAWBACK OF IMPORT DUTT.
W h e n any Import Duty shall have been paid in respect of any wine, spirits, mait liquors,
tobacco, cigars, or articles of food supplied for the use of any mess on board any of His
Majesty's ships of war. a drawback of the amount of the duty so paid may be allowed, or if
m c h -roods are shipped from the Customs store before paymeut of duty, the amount of such
dnty 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 His Majesty's ships, a receipt
from the Paymaster of snch ship for the goods and a written undertaking from the Paymaster
or other Dro'ner officer of such ship that if such goods or any pare thereof shall be at any time
re-landed,*the duty shall be paid thereon.
In lieu of drawback of import duty paid in respect of any wine, spirits, malt liquors,
tobacco, cigars or articles of food imported and subsequently actually consumed or used by
His Majesty's Land Forces, fixed money allowances are paid out of the Island Treasury to
the Officers*and Soldiers of His Majesty's Land Forces quartered within the Island.
AUTHoiurv.
Order in Council No.
1138 of *-.lst June,
1027: pub. in Gaz. Nc»
1356 of 1st July, 1927*
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L a w N o . 22 of 1899,
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