Foreign Prison-Made Goods Act 1897

1897 CHAPTER 63 60 and 61 Vict

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

[6th August 1897]

1 Prohibition of importation of foreign prison-made goods. U.K.

[F1 The importation of the following goods is prohibited]; that is to say:

Goods proved to the satisfaction of the [F2 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 [F3 or originating or in free circulation in another member State].

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 12 Table Pt. I

F2 Words substituted by virtue of Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 1

F3 Words added by S.I. 1988/1772, art. 2(a)

[F4 1A Interpretation. U.K.

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]

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 1A inserted by S.I. 1988/1772, art. 2(b)

2 Short title. U.K.

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