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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, _.C.
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Aeroplane, and their parts : provided they are of British Empire Origin.
Agricultural, aboricultural, horticultural, poultry farming and bee-keeping tools
and implements, theirfittings,connection- and gearings.
Anchors and chains (ships').
Animals and livestock.
Appliances and equipment certified by the Chief Veterinary Officer as being imported
for the humane slaughter of animals.
Archaeological instruments, scientific appliances and technical apparatus used for
the purpose of archaeological excavations and archaeological study.
Artists' materials proved to the satisfaction of the Collector to be imported into the
Colony by an individual for his own use and not for sale.
Atlases, plans and maps (including globes).
Baggage. Bona fide baggage of a passenger, the property of and accompanied by
such passenger or arriving within six months prior to or after the arrival of such
passenger.
Bona fide baggage shall consist o f : —
(a) wearing apparel and other personal effects;
(6) household effects (such as furniture, carpets, glassware, linen, cutlery, crockery
and plate) which are proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller to be for
the personal or household use of the passenger and not for sale: provided
that no person shall be entitled to exemption on household effects other than
upon arrival to enter upon an office or employment or uponfirstarrival as a
permanent resident.
Bona fide baggage shall not include the following articles :—
Aims, ammunition, cigars and cigarettes exceeding 100, tobacco exceeding half a
pound, wines and spirits exceeding one pint, perfumed spirits eiceeding one
pint, carriages, motor vehicles, bicycles, provisions, merchandise and piece
goods.
Baskets for use in the export of fruit.
Binder twine for agricultural purposes.
Bitumen, asphalt, pitch and tar.
Blind, articles for the education of the.
Boats and ships and their parts.
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Boiler compositions and preparations for removing or preventing scale in boilers:
provided they are of British Empire Origin-
Books, printed; printed matter and advertising material printed on paper.
Borax for use as an insecticide.
B o y Scouts or Girl Guides (including their officers), clothing or equipment of,
imported for their use and duly certified by the Secretary of the Cyprus Boy Scout
or Girl Guide Association as so imported.
Carobs and carob seeds imported under licence of the Director of Agriculture.
Casks, barrels, drums and vats and staves, bungs, hoops and hooping, for use in
constructing casks, barrels, drums and vats.
Chemical manures and fertilizers. - -
Chemicals, other than talc, duly certified by the importer as being solely for use in
the manufiBcture of soap.
Cinematographfilms,cultural or educational, imported by licence in writing previously
obtained from the Cyprus Board of Film Censors and accompanied by a certificate
to the effect that such films are cultural or educational. ' '
Cinematograph films depicting news: provided they are of British Empire Origin.
Citric acid, metabisulphate, caustic soda, caustic potash, carbonate of potash,
sulphuric acid and hydrochloric acid.
Cloth for the manufacture of fumigation tents.
Cylinders containing gas (the gas being dutiable).
Dairy appliances and equipment, including containers and packages used in the
distribution of milk and milk products.
Demijohns, sealed on exportation, after identification.
Disinfectants, insecticides and fungicides.
Dutiable goods imported by Consuls and Consular Officers for exhibition purposes only.
Dutiable goods re-imported into the Colony and so proved to the satisfaction of the
Collector.
Eggs which are certified as imported for incubation purposes.
Firearms for the personal use ofofficers of His Majesty's Forces serving in the Colony.
AUTHORITY.
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Law No.
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31 of 1936,
(i) A n y of the following article-, not being goods of British Empire Origin, manufacture or
production but which fall within any description of goods mentioned in this Table and which are
imported into Cyprus or taken out of bond for home consumption, are liable, until the 1st day of June,
1937, to an import duty equal to double the import duty set forth in the general tariff rate of duty
opposite to item. No. 115 or No. 116, as the case m a y be, in the 5th column of the Table of Import
Duties:—
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(i) Articles of all kinds suitable for use for or in connection with the celebration or
commemoration of the Coronation of His Majesty or as the souvenirs thereof, being articles which
consist of, or bear, a repres-nt-tion of His Majesty, any member of the Royal Family, the Royal
cipher, the Royal arms, any Royal emblem, escutcheon, badge, crest, armorial bearings or insignia,
any article or building associated with the Coronation, or aflagof any country in the British Empire,
or which consist of or bear any other mark or device which renders them suitable for use as aforesaid.
(ii) Flags of any country in the British Empire andflagsresembling any such flag.
V L a w No. 40 of 1936,
see. 2(2).
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