Customs Duties (Administration) (Jersey) Law 1950

Jersey Law 3/1950 CUSTOMS DUTIES (ADMINISTRATION) (JERSEY) LAW, 1950. A LAW to provide for the proper collection of duties leviable on goods on the importation thereof into the Island, sanctioned by Order of His Majesty in Council of the 31st day of MARCH, 1950. ( Registered on the 22 nd day of April , 1950). ____________ STATES OF JERSEY. ____________ The 19th day of January, 1950. ____________ T HE STATES , subject to the sanction of His Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law : - ARTICLE 1 In this Law – “master of a ship” includes a pilot in charge of an aircraft ; “officer of the Impôts ” means the Agent of the Impôts , a Sub-Agent of the Impôts or any other employee of the Impôts ; “ship” includes aircraft. ARTICLE 2 It shall be the duty of the master of every ship arriving in the Island to declare, in the manner prescribed by Article 3 of this Law, all goods which are to be unloaded from that ship in the Island, and, if he fails to do so, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds sterling. ARTICLE 3 (1) The declarations to be made in pursuance of Article 2 of this Law shall be in the form required by the Finance Committee, shall be signed by the master of the ship, shall bear the date of delivery thereof, and shall be delivered to an officer of the Impôts as soon as may be after the arrival of the ship, and, in any case, before any portion whatsoever of the ship’s cargo has been unloaded. (2) The said declarations shall contain the following particulars – ( a ) the name of the ship in which the goods have been carried to the Island ; ( b ) the place at which the goods were loaded into the ship ; and ( c ) in respect of each consignment of goods – ( i ) the name of the consignor ; (ii) the name of the consignee ; (iii) the number and description of packages, together with any numbers or marks of identification ; and (iv) the exact description of the goods, together with the value, the gross and net weights or other measure of quantity, and the country of origin. ARTICLE 4 The master of every ship from which goods are to be, or have been, unloaded in the Island shall produce to an officer of the Impôts , when required so to do, all manifests, freight notes, way bills, bills of lading and other documents relating to the carriage of the goods in the ship, and the officer of the Impôts requiring the production thereof shall be entitled to verify the facts set out therein. ARTICLE 5 (1) No goods shall be unloaded from a ship except at such places as may be indicated by the Agent of the Impôts : Provided that, for the purposes of this paragraph, the Agent of the Impôts shall act in consultation with the Harbour Master. (2) No goods shall be unloaded from a ship, except by the special permission in writing of the Agent of the Impôts , on Sundays at any time, or on any other days except between the hours of six o’clock in the morning and eight o’clock in the evening. (3) It shall be the duty of the master of a ship to notify the Agent of the Impôts of the hour at which it is proposed to unload goods from such ship in order that an officer of the Impôts may be present when such goods are unloaded so as to verify, before such goods have been removed from the place of unloading, the nature, value and weight or other measure of quantity thereof. ARTICLE 6 The provisions of this Law relating to the unloading and removal from the place of unloading of any goods brought to the Island shall be of no effect in so far as they are at variance with the provisions of any other enactment for the time being in force. ARTICLE 7 (1) If any person, in relation to any matter or thing required by this Law – ( a ) makes or subscribes, or causes to be made or subscribed, any false declaration ; or ( b ) makes or signs or causes to be made or signed, any declaration, certificate or other instrument required to be authenticated by signature only, the same being false in any particular ; or ( c ) counterfeits or falsifies any document or instrument ; or ( d ) uses any document or instrument knowing it to be false or counterfeited or falsified ; or ( e ) alters any document or instrument after the same has been officially issued ; or ( f ) counterfeits the seal, signature or other mark of, or used by, an officer of the Impôts ; or ( g ) refuses to answer, or wilfully gives a false answer to, any question necessary for obtaining any information required to be obtained under this Law ; he shall for each offence be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds sterling or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and such imprisonment. ARTICLE 8 If any person acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with, any provision of this Law for which no special penalty is provided by this Law, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds sterling. ARTICLE 9 Every ship shall be liable to be seized as security for the payment of any fine incurred by its master. ARTICLE 10 Articles 6 to 10 inclusive of the Entry Duties (Jersey) Law, 1939, 1 as continued in force, are hereby repealed. ARTICLE 11 This Law may be cited as the Customs Duties (Administration) (Jersey) Law, 1950. To be printed, published and posted. F. DE L. BOIS, Greffier of the States. 1 Recueil des Lois, Tome 1939–1945, pages 124–126.