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Offence of exporting sheepskin.
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3.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to export, otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence in that behalf issued under this Act, any sheepskin at any time when such export is prohibited by an order made under this Act.
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(3) Any officer of Customs and Excise may detain and seize any articles being or attempted to be exported in contravention of this section, and for that purpose may open any packet containing, or suspected by him of containing, any such article, and the provisions of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, in relation to the condemnation and disposal of goods seized under that Act shall apply to all articles seized under this section in like manner as if they had been seized under that Act.
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(4) The provisions of this section relating to the prohibition of the export of articles shall have effect as though those provisions were included in the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, and that Act and any Act amending or extending that Act shall apply accordingly, and if any articles the export of which is prohibited by this section are exported in contravention of this section or are brought to any quay or other place for the purpose of being so exported, or are waterborne to be so exported, the exporter or his agent, shall be liable to the same penalty as that to which a person is liable under section 186 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, for illegally importing prohibited goods.
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