FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987
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CUSTOMS AND EXCISE POWERS MAINTAINED
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) PUBLISHED AN ORDER ENABLING THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE TO MAINTAIN THE SAME POWERS OF ENFORCEMENT IN RELATION TO THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE 1987 AS WERE PREVIOUSLY GIVEN UNDER THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE WHICH IT REPLACES.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE (AMENDMENT OF SECOND SCHEDULE) ORDER 1987, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WAS PURELY A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT AND NO NEW POWERS WERE BEING CONFERRED BY IT.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT MEMBERS OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE WERE EMPOWERED TO ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT ANY PERSON SUSPECTED OF HAVING COMMITTED AN OFFENCE AGAINST AN ORDINANCE SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE TO THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE SERVICE ORDINANCE,
*THE AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY AS THE OBJECTIONABLE PUBLICATIONS ORDINANCE, ONE OF THE ORDINANCES SPECIFIED IN THE SECOND SCHEDULE, WILL BE REPEALED AND REPLACED BY THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE 1987,+ HE SAID.
THE ORDER WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CONTROL OF OBSCENE AND INDECENT ARTICLES ORDINANCE 1987.
FEES REVISED FOR FIRE SERVICES REPORTS, CERTIFICATES
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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED AN ADJUSTMENT OF CHARGES FOR CERTIFICATES AND REPORTS ISSUED UNDER THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT (REPORTS AND CERTIFICATES) REGULATIONS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE ADJUSTED CHARGES, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WERE MAINLY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INFLATION SINCE 1984 WHEN THE FEES WERE LAST REVISED.
THE CHARGE OF $120 FOR MAKING AND ISSUING THE CERTIFICATES IS INCREASED TO $135. THE NEW CHARGE IN RESPECT OF REPORTS IS $150.
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