FINE OF £SO
EVASION OF GOLD DUTY.
INGOT SEIZED ON LINER.
(Per Press Association — Copyright.)
WELLINGTON, August 15,
A bar of gold, valued at £175, was seized when two passengers were about to leave here for Sydney by the Zealandia on August oth. The gold probably will be', returned to the owners in the near future, but the Customs Department. with' the concurrence of the Acting Minister of Customs, has imposed a fine of £SO.
Had the export duty been paid on this gold, instead of an attempt being made to smuggle it out of the country, the owners would have paid only £4. The penalty* for attempting to evade the payment of duty is the confiscation of the gold or a fine up'to £SOO, at the discretion of the Minister of Customs. .
It is stated < officially that in the event, of any- future attempts to export gold illegally , being discovered, very substantial'-penalties will be imposed. - ' .. ...'
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1932, Page 2
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156FINE OF £50 Hokitika Guardian, 16 August 1932, Page 2
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