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Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897

60 & 61 Vict. c. 63 · Enacted 6 August 1897 · Extends to United Kingdom

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An Act to prohibit the Importation of Foreign Prison-made goods.

[6th August 1897]

Contents

  1. 1Prohibition of importation of foreign prison-made goods.
  2. 1AInterpretation.
  3. 2Short title.

1Prohibition of importation of foreign prison-made goods.

F1The importation of the following goods is prohibited; that is to say:

Goods proved to the satisfaction of the F2Commissioners of Customs and Excise by evidence tendered to them to have been made or produced wholly or in part in any foreign prison, gaol, house of correction, or penitentiary, except goods in transit or not imported for the purposes of trade, or of a description not manufactured in the United Kingdom F3or originating or in free circulation in another member State.

1AInterpretation.F1

Any question under section 1 whether goods originate or are in free circulation in another member State shall be determined in accordance with the Treaties

2Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Foreign Prison-made Goods Act 1897.