CO129-522-7 Liquor Amendment Ordinance- 1929 23-12-1929 - 27-12-1929 — Page 7

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Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 9 of

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(b) by the substitution of the word "Superinten- dent" for the words, "Captain Superintendent

of Police" in the first line of sub-section (2).

4. Section 4 (1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by the substitution of the word "Superintendent" for

1911, s. 4 (1), the words "Captain Superintendent of Police" in the

first and second lines, and in the seventh line,

Amendment

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5. Section 30 (1) of the principal Ordinance is amended of Ordinance by the substitution of the word Superintendent' " for No. 9 of

the word Treasurer" in the second lino.

1911, 8. 30 (1).

No. 9 of

Amendment

6. Section 32 of the principal Ordinance is amended by

of Ordinance the substitution of the word "Superintendent" for the words "Captain Superintendent of Polico" in sub-sections (1), (2) and (4), and for the word "Treasurer" in sub- section (3).

1911, s. 32.

Repeal of Ordinance

No. 9 of 1911, 89. 34 and 35.

7. Sections 34 and 35 of the principal Ordinance are repealed.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 9 of

1911, s. 41.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 49, and substitu- tion of new section.

8. Section 41 of the principal Ordinance is ametuled as follows:-

(a) by the insertion of the word “or” immediately after the word “bonded " in the second line of paragraph (7) of sub-section (2) ;

(b) by the repeal of sub-section (3) and the substitu- tion therefor of the following sub-section :—

(3) Subject to the provisions of section 62A. the duty upon intoxicating liquors made or prepared in the Colony shall be payable before the removal of such liquors from the place in which they are made or prepared, unless such removal is for export or into a general bonded warehouse or a

licenced warehouse.

9. Section 49 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :-—

Removal of dutiable liquors for exportation. Third Schedule, Forms Nos. 3 and 3A.

49.-(1) No person intending to export duti able liquors shall remove the same for expor- tation from any general bonded or licensed warehouse where they may be stored without a permit in Form No. 3 in the Third Schedule, or remove the same for exportation from one ship to another without a permit in Form No. BA in the Third Schedule, and except iu accordance with the conditions contained in any such permit.

(2) Any such permit may be issued in duplicate by the Superintendent upon receipt of an application in Form No. 3 or Form No. 3A in the Third Schedule. The applica- tion shall be furnished in triplicate. One

copy of the permit shall be delivered by the exporter to the person in charge of such general bonded or licensed warehouse, or to the master or mate of the ship from which the liquors are to be removed, and the exporter shall on shipping such liquors procure a receipt for the same sigued by the master or mate of the ship in which the liquors are to be exported to be indorsed on the duplicate copy of such permit, and shall foribwith deliver such copy and receipt to the Superin

tendent.

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(3) The later hour and day mentioned in the body of such permit shall not be more than twenty-four hours before the hour and day mentioned in the ship's clearance to leave the port.

(4) Before issuing any permit under this section the Superintendent may demand the production of any shipping orders or other documents relating to the liquors in respect of which the application for such permit has been received, and the person making the application shull on such demand produce the saine.

10. Section 50 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 50.

11. Section 54 of the principal Ordinance is amended Amendment by repealing the words from and including "within of Ordinance twenty-four hours" down to the end of the section and No. 9 of by substituting therefor the words :-

1911, s. 54.

"within two hours of the time when it first be- came known to such person that the permit could not be used within the time granted, or as soon thereafter as the Superintendent's office is open for business, return such permit to such office and, if so required, give to the Superintendent a full explanation of the reason for not using such permit. If such liquor was intended to be exported it shall be kept separate from other stock and intact in the original cases bearing the export marks until the expiration of twenty-four hours from the hour of the expiration of the permit or until inspected a revenue officer".

12. The following sections are inserted in the principal Insertion of Ordinance immediately after section 62 :-

new sections G2A and 62B 62A.-(1) The duty on spirits made in a in Ordinance

Duty on

spirit dis-

tilled in the

Colony.

distillery is to be charged in respect of the No. 9 of 1911. wort or wash, the low wines, and the feints and spirits made in the distillery, and shall be pay. able according to such of those modes of charge as produces the greatest amount of duty.

(2) In respect of the wort or wash the duty is to be charged in respect of the quantity of fermentable material used in the preparation thereof, the method of ascertaining the duty so chargeable being as follows,

A bulk sample of unt less than one catty shall be drawn by a revenue officer from each consignment of fer- mentable material received by the licensee ou his licensed premises, and shall be fermented by the Government Analyst or any analyst in the employment of the Government, with fer- ment obtained from the same distillery, for the maximum period allowed for the material and ferment in question by the Distillery Regula- tions in force for the time being, and shall on the completion of the fermentation be distilled by such analyst who shall determine the amount of absolute alcohol produced. From the amount of absolute alcohol so determined the analyst shall calculate the number of gallons of spirit containing twenty-five per cent. of alcohol by weight which one picul of such fermentable material is found capable of pro- ducing. From the amount so determined u deduction shall be made of ten per cent. from the 1st of November to the 14th April, both inclusive, and fifteen per cent. from the 15th April to the 31st October, both inclusive. Duty shall be chargeable on each picul of fermentable material used according to the rates payable on the amount of twenty-five per cent. spirit which such material shall have been so found capable of producing,

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