Fourth Schedule., The Customs Regu- Citation

GoVERNMENT WAREHOUSE. Situation. That part of No. 2 Shed at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay set apart for the storage and security of goods to be warehoused, and known as the Government Warehouse. P.N. CUSTOMS (IMPORTS AND EXPORTS) ORDER 19 of 1952. ~~~ ~i ~~~~: made by the Governor in Council under sections 27 and 28. 46 of 1953. 58 of 1953. 76 of 1954. 11 of 1956. 63 of 1956. 95 of 1957. 13 of 1958. 110 of 1958. 42 of 1959. 1. Citation. This Order may be cited as the Customs (Imports and Exports) Order in Council. General restriction on importation. PART I.-IMPORTS. 2. The importation of any goods into Sierra Leone is prohibited except under the authority of a licen,ce (which may be :: j ~I il either general or specific) issued by the Director of Commerce and Industry and subject to such conditions as may be specified therein: Provided that this resttiction shall not apply to- (a) any goods, other than rough· and uncut diamonds, imported in transit or for transhipment to a place outside Sierra Leone; (b) merchandise intended for a place outside Sierra Leone and stores imported on board of any ship for the use of the officers, crew and passengers thereof and duly reported as such, provided such merchandise or stores are not removed from the importing ship; (c) any goods officially imported by Her Majesty's Navy, Army or Air Force, or the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, but not i.J+cluding goods imported by any fuin or person in fulfilment of an order by such authorities; (d) any goods officially imported by a Government department but not includmg go~ds imported by any firm or person in fulfilment of a Government order; (e) bona fide commercial samples and advertising materials temporarily imported with or without the intervention of a commercial traveller; (.f) private effects the property of and contained in the bona fide baggage of passengers, which the Comptroller or other proper officer of Customs at any port may in his discretion accept as such; (g) parcel post importations which are bona fide gifts to the addressee; (h) any goods re-imported into Sierra Leone and accepted as such by the Comptroller of Customs. 3. Without prejudice to the provisions of the last preceding paragraph- (a) the importation into Sierra Leone of any goods mentioned in Part I of the First Schedule to this Order is prohibited; and Prohibited imports. First Schedule. Part I. . . (b) t~e importation into Sierra Leone of any goods men- Spec~fic. t10ned m the first column of Part II of the First Schedule restnctiOns to this Order is prohibited except under the conditions f!portation. specified in the second column thereof as being applicable ~:;!dule, to such goods; . Part II. General restriction on Interpretation of "sterling area." Prohibited exports. Second Schedule, Part I. Specific restrictions on Second Schedule, Part II. Cap. 271] Oustoms (c) the importation in transit or transhipment of any rough or uncut diamonds is prohibited except under the authority of a licence issued by the Comptroller of Customs. 4. (1) The exportation of any goods from Sierra Leone to any destination whatsoever is prohibited except under the authority of a licence (which may be either general or specific) issued by the Director of Commerce and Industry and subject to such conditions as may be specified therein. (2) Where in any licence issued under sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph reference is made to the sterling area, that expression shall be understood to include the following territories- (a) the fully self-governing countries of the British Commonwealth except Canada; (b) any Colony under the dominion of Her Majesty; (c) any territory administered by the Government of any part of Her Majesty's dominions under the trusteeship system of the United Nations; (d) any British Protectorate or British Protected State; (e) South-west Africa; (j) the Republic of Ireland; (g) Iraq; (h) Iceland; (i) Burma; and (j) the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 5. Without prejudice to the provisions of the last preceding paragraph- (a) the exportation from Sierra Leone of any goods mentioned in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Order is prohibited ; and (b) the exportation from Sierra Leone of any goods mentioned in the first column of Part II of the Second Schedule to this Order is prohibited except under the conditions specified iri. the second column thereof as being applicable to such goods. '~: ~·