# Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897, Section 1: Prohibition of importation of foreign prison-made goods.


The importation of the following goods is prohibited; that is to say:
Goods proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioners 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 or originating or in free circulation in another member State.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/60-61/63/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/foreign-prison-made-goods-act-1897/section-1
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