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Immature Whiskey (Prohibition) Act
Commencement: 12 December l921
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 7
IMMATURE WHISKEY (PROHIBITION)
JR 1 of 1921
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
- Importation of immature whiskey prohibited
- Certificates of storage in wood required
- Seizure of uncertified whiskey
- Penalties
- Additional penalties
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IMMATURE WHISKEY (PROHIBITION)
To prohibit the importation of immature whiskey into Vanuatu.
IMPORTATION OF IMMATURE WHISKEY PROHIBITED
- No whiskey or spirits purporting to be whiskey shall be imported into Vanuatu for human consumption unless the Director of Customs
is satisfied that such whiskey has been matured by storage in wood for a period of not less than 3 years.
CERTIFICATES OF STORAGE IN WOOD REQUIRED
- As proof of age the Director of Customs shall require from the importers of the whiskey aforesaid a certificate from a Government
excise or customs officer of the country of export to the effect that the whiskey has been matured in wood for a period of not less
than 3 years and the importation of any whiskey unaccompanied by a certificate, hereinafter called immature whiskey, shall be an
offence against this Act and shall be dealt with accordingly.
SEIZURE OF UNCERTIFICATED WHISKEY
- Any immature whiskey imported into Vanuatu in contravention of the provisions of this Act shall be re-exported at the importer’s
expense by the first opportunity and if not so re-exported shall be seized by the Director of Customs and disposed of as may be directed
by the court in accordance with the provisions of section 4.
PENALTIES
- Any persons importing, selling, or supplying any immature whiskey as specified herein shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding VT30,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days or to one or other of these penalties, and any immature whiskey
found in the possession of such person may on the order of the court be seized and destroyed or after being rendered unfit for human
consumption sold and the proceeds of such sale paid to the Government.
ADDITIONAL PENALTIES
- The penalties prescribed by section 4 shall be in addition to any others which may be properly inflicted under the provisions of the
Import Duties (Consolidation) Act, [CAP. 91].
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