Customs Consolidation Act, 1876

All bonds and securities entered into valid.

165. All bonds and other securities entered into by any person or persons for the performance of any condition, order, or matter relative to the Customs or incident thereto shall be valid in law, and upon breach of any of the conditions thereof may be sued and proceeded upon in the same manner as any bond expressly directed or given by or under the provisions of the Customs Acts; and all bonds relating to the Customs, or for the performance of any condition or matter incident thereto, shall be taken to or for the use of Her Majesty; and all such bonds, except such as are given for securing the due exportation of or payment of duty upon warehoused goods, may, after the expiration of three years from the date thereof, or from the time, if any, limited therein for the performance of the condition thereof, be cancelled by or by the order of the Commissioners of Customs; and all bonds given under the provisions of the Customs Acts by persons under twenty-one years of age shall be valid.