EVADING DUTY
(Press. Assn.-
proves expensiye for owners of bar of gold
— By Telegr:-pla — Cccy-ight).
WELLINGTON, Monday. A.bar of gold valued at £175 seized from two passengers who were about to leave for Sydney by the Zealandia on August 5, will probably be returned to the owners in the near tatare, but the Customs Department, with the concurrence of the Acting Minister of Customs, has imposed a fine of £50. Had the export duty heen paid on the gold instsad 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 payment of duty is confiscation of the gold or a fine, at the discretion of the Minister of Customs. It, is stated oificially that in the event of tatare attempts to export gold illegally being discovered, very substantial penalties will he imposed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 302, 16 August 1932, Page 5
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