An Act to alter an Act, passed in the thirty-second year of His late Majesty’s Reign, entitled, “An Act for the further increase of the Revenue by raising a Duty of Excise on all Goods, Wares and Merchandise, imported into this Province.”

  • Province
    Nova Scotia (1758-1825**)
  • Chapter
    4 George IV – Chapter 11
  • Year
    1823
  • Concepts
    Government Revenue
    Trade Regulation
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    2
  • Description
    An amendment and continuation of an act first passed in 1792, which imposes duties of two pounds ten shillings on every one hundred pounds worth of goods imported into the province. The processes by which this duty is to be enforced are outlined as well as exceptions to it. The current amendment pertains to penalties for shopkeepers who do not possess the correct certificates for imported goods.
  • Source
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