Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 30 May 2003

No. S 270

Customs Act

(Chapter 70)

Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2003

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 4) Order 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2003.

Amendment of First Schedule

2. The First Schedule to the Customs (Duties) Order (O 4) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately below the words “Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.” in column (3) against the Heading No. 24.02, the following Subheading Note:

“Subheading Note

1. For the purposes of subheadings 2402.20.90 and 2402.90.20, the rate of duty is based on the average net weight of each stick of cigarette derived by dividing the total net weight of each batch of 1,000 sticks of cigarettes to which it belongs by 1,000.”; and

(b)

by deleting the words “$255.00 per kg” in column (7) against HS Codes 2402.20.90 and 2402.90.20 and substituting in each case the words “25.5 cents for the first gram or part thereof of each stick of cigarette and an additional 25.5 cents for each additional gram or part thereof of each stick of cigarette”.

[G.N. Nos. S 467/97; S 87/98; S 571/98; S 13/99; S 72/2000; S 620/2000; S98/2001; S 510/2001; S 1/2002; S 201/2002; S 202/2002; S 203/2002; S 566/20002; S 678/2002; S 24/2003; S 103/2003; S150/2003]

Made this 30th day of May 2003.

LIM SIONG GUAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[Customs (Sec) 00107/65/Vol. 19; MF(R) R9.4.001 Vol. 12; AG/LEG/SL/70/2002/1 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).

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