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5. The Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall not issue of per issue any sucli permit until there shall have been produced to him a certificate of origin signed by some British Con- sular authority at the port of shipment or place of origin:

Provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports in his discretion to issue such permit without the production of such certificate of origin,

Form of Cer- tificate of

Origin.

Power to re-

(a.) upon the intended importer depositing a sum equal to three times the value of the goods wares or merchandise sought to be imported, which sum shall become forfeited to the Crown in the event of failure to produce such certifi- cate within a time to be prescribed by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, or (b.) upon the intended importer entering into a bond with one or more sureties to the satisfac- tion of the Superintendent of Imports and Ex- ports in a sum equal to three times the value of the said goods wares or merchandise, condi- tioned for the production of such certificate within a time to be prescribed by the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports:

Provided also that on the application of the owners char- terers agents or master of any ship arriving in the waters of the Colony and having on board any goods wares or merchandise to which this Ordinance applies it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports to issue a permit for the temporary deposit of such goods wares or merchandise or any part thereof in such godowns or warehouses as he shall approve, and upon the said goods wares or merchandise being so deposited in the said godowns or warehouses under such permit the owners or agents of the said godowns or warehouses and all persons in their employment shall hold such goods wares or mer- chandise and shall part with or dispose of them only as the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall direct.

6. Such certificate of origin shall be in the form con- tained in the Second Schedule.

7. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Imports quire Statu- and Exports in any case in which he shall think fit to refuse tory Declara-

to issue any such permit until the intended importer shall tion.

have made a statutory declaration as to the real origin of such goods wares and merchandise and as to his belief, means of knowledge, and enquiries with respect to the same, in such terms as may be approved by the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports.

Manifests to 8. The owners charterers and agents of every ship which be furnished. arrives in the waters of the Colony shall within such time as may be appointed by regulation made by the Governor- in-Council under this Ordinance, and in the absence of any such regulation within 48 hours after such arrival, furnish to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports a true and complete manifest, signed by such owners charterers or agents, of all the cargo brought into the waters of the Colony on board such ship.

Manifests to be evidence of importa- tion.

Powers of Governor- in-Council:

to amend Schedules :

to exempt classes of goods:

9. Subject to the provisions of section 3 of this Ordi- nance, any cargo appearing on any import manifest, signed by the owners charterers or agents of any ship and furnished at any time before or after the arrival of such ship in the waters of the Colony shall, as against any person who may be proceeded against for breach of any of the provisions of this Ordinance, be deemed to have been imported into the Colony on board such ship unless such person shall prove affirmatively that such cargo was not in fact brought into the Colony on board such ship.

10. The Governor-in-Council shall have power :-

(a.) to rescind or amend in any way whatsoever

either of the Schedules hereto;

(b.) to exempt any specified class of goods wares or merchandise from the operation of this Ordinance;

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