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SPECIFICATION OP TAXES,
DUTIES,. &C.
• PORT, HEALTH AND LIGHT DUES.
AUTHOWTY.
1 O n all vessels arriving at a port in Cyprus from a foreign port and calling at Cypres Law No. ic of 191T.
ports without between their calls ac any snch ports having called at a foreign port.
(a) At thefirstport:
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. For every ton of registered tonnage up to 800 tons
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.- For every ton ofregisteredtonnage exceeding 300 tons ...
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up to a maximum of Twelve Pounds.
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(i) At each of the second or third ports, when the above mentioned dnes have been paid
in full, half the above rates with a m a x i m u m amount of six pounds at each port.
N o dues are payable in respect of a vessel if she calls at a fourth or subsequent port within
four weeks from the date of leaving the third port.
(e) After the expiration of four weeks from the time of leaving the third port, for all calls
at Cyprus ports within a period of four weeks:
For every ton of registered tonnage ap to 800 tons
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For every ton of registered tonnage exceeding 800 tons ... •...__:...H°P' ..
with a m a x i m u m amount of Six Pounds in respect of thefirsttwo ports only.
2. O n every vessel which has not come from a foreign port and which calls at ports in
Cyprus without calling at a foreign port, ac thefirsttwo pores called at in any period of four
weeks:
For every ton of registered tonnage up to 800 tons
... •• lcp.
For every ton of registered tonnage exceeding 800 tons ... ... 0$cp.
up to a m a x i m u m of six pounds, no charge being made at a third or subsequent port if called at
within the said period of four weeks.
3. Ships arriving at auy port in Cyprus from a foreign port or from another port in Cyprus
and leaving such port in Cyprus without having taken cargo and without having landed or
taken on board passengers," and having on board empty barrels or empty cases only and
discharging such empty barrels or empty cases aud no other cargo :
For every ton of registered tonnage ... ... ... ... lcp.
but not exceeding the m a x i m u m amount of Six Pounds.
4. Dues payable in respect of any ship, other than a steamer, may be compounded for by
the payment in advance of oue shilling for each ton of the chip's registered tonnage for every
half-year. A half year shall be deemed to be any period between the lat January and the 30th
June or between the 1st Juiy and the 31st December in any year.
5. Full dues are payable in respect of any ship hired or chartered by His Majesty's
Government for the conveyance of troops or stores but which i3 also employed without the
consent of the proper authority of the Admiralty for the importation of goods other than goods
or stores for His Majesty's service.
6. For the conveyance of good3 with the consent of the proper authority of the Admiralty
by any transport or ship hired or chartered by His Majesty's Government, tlie person importing
snch goods shall pay in lieu of dues a sum equal to one shilling per ton on the amount of such
goods with a minimum amount offiveshillings.
EXEMPTIONS.
Ships of war.
Transports in His Majesty's service.
3hip3 hired or chartered by His Majesty's Government for the conveyance of trooDs or
•tores for His Majesty's service, and flying the Admiralty transport flag.
Yachts belonging to recognised yacht clubs and wholly in ballast.
Ships which having entered a port under stress of weather or for obtaining provisions or
water shall leave it without having effected any commercial transaction other than the landing
of passengers under stress of weather.
Steam tugs employed solely in towing and not having goods or passengers on board.
Ships which have entered a port for the purpose of loading or discharging cargo and which
are prevented, through stress of weather or quarantine restrictions, from loading or dischargin-*-
any cargo.
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Ships which enter a port wholly in ballast and leave without having loaded car°-o and
without having landed or taken on board passengers or cargo or having effected any commercial
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effected any commercial transaction proceeding to another port in Cvprus. Provided that the
towing of lighters and the conveyance of hamals from the one port to the other oort snail not
be deemed to be a commercial transaction.
Boats licensed under the Boats Regulation Law, 1884.
Ships nnder 10 tons registered tonnage owned by persons domiciled in Cyprus.
Ships of the Khedivial Mail Steamship and Graving Dock Company Limited calling )
Law
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of i»32,
at the ports both of Larnaca and Famagusta on the Cyprus-Palestine service are exempt ( £;• * *
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from the payment of any dues under the Shipping Dues L a w s , 1917 and 1932, in respect \ § S S £ t w p°ob
of their call at the port of Famagusta.
' '" \ Gaz. so. 231S of 20th
October, 1933.
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