Customs Act 1814

Anno Regni GEORGII III. Britanniarum Regis,Quinquagesimo Quarto. An Act to repeal certain Duties on French Goods imported intoGreat Britain , and on Foreign Hides exported to France , and to grant other Duties on French Goods so imported.

(54 Geo. 3) C A P. LXV.

[27th May 1814]

'WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament passed in the Fifty third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled Great Britain, new and additional Duties of Customs are payable on the Importation intoGreat Britain of Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, being the Growth, Production or Manufacture of France, or of any Country, Place or Territory annexed toFrance , or under the Dominion of the Person or Persons exercising the Powers of Sovereignty in France , and also upon the Exportation from Great Britain to , or to any such Country, Place or Territory, of Foreign Hides in the Hair, not tanned, tawed or in any way dressed: And Whereas it is expedient that the said new and additional Duties should be repealed, and other Duties granted in lieu of the first mentioned Duties;' Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Tenth Day of One thousand eight hundred and fourteen, the new and additional Temporary or War Duties payable by the said Act on the Importation intoGreat Britain of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, the Growth, Production or Manufacture of France , or of any Country, place or Territory annexed to France , and upon the Exportation from Great Britain to France , or to any such Country, Place or Territory, of Foreign Hides in the Hair, not tanned, tawed or in any way dressed, do cease and determine, save and except in all cases relating to the recovering and paying any Arrears thereof, which may remain unpaid, or to any Fine, Penalty or Forfeiture relating thereto, which shall have been incurred at any time before the said Tenth Day of ; and that from and after the said Day, in lieu and instead of the first mentioned Duties hereby repealed, there shall be raised, levied, collected and paid unto His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, upon the Importation intoGreat Britain of Goods, Wares and Merchandizes, the Growth, Production or Manufacture of France , or of any Country, Place or Territory annexed to or under the Dominion of France , the additional Duties of Customs, as the...

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