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HALL-MARKING OF FOREIGN PLATE ACT 1904
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CHAPTER VI.
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An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Hallmarking of Foreign Plate. [22nd July 1904.]
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Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
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Marks to be placed on foreign plate. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 47.
46 & 47 Vict. c. 55.
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1.—(1) Where, for the purpose of complying with sections fifty-nine and sixty of the Customs Act, 1842, or section ten of the Revenue Act, 1883, any plate has to be assayed, stamped and marked, or where, for any other purpose, any plate or article imported from a foreign part is brought to an assay office in the United Kingdom to be assayed, stamped or marked, the plate or article shall be marked, in such manner as His Majesty may determine by Order in Council, so as readily to distinguish whether the plate or other article was wrought or made in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or was imported from foreign parts, and such mark or marks shall be deemed to be a compliance with the said Acts.
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(2) Any person, who, after a date fixed by His Majesty by Order in Council, brings or causes to be brought any plate or other article to be assayed, stamped and marked at an assay office, shall state in writing, in manner provided by His Majesty by Order in Council, whether the plate or article was wrought or made in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or was imported from foreign parts, but it shall not be necessary to make such statement in writing where any plate or other article is brought to an assay office in charge of an officer of customs, under the provisions of the Revenue Act, 1883, for the purpose of being assayed, stamped or marked as having been imported from foreign parts.
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(3) Where any person, who, after the date fixed as aforesaid, brings or causes to be brought any plate or other article to be assayed, stamped and marked at an assay office, does not know, and is not able to state, whether the plate or other article was wrought or made in England, Scotland, or Ireland, or was imported from foreign parts, such person shall make a statement in writing to that effect in the manner prescribed in this section, and the plate or other article, referred to in the said statement shall be stamped and marked as if it were imported from foreign parts.
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(4) If any person knowingly makes a false statement under this section he shall be liable, on summary conviction, under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding five pounds for every article in respect of which the false statement is made.
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(5) The Customs Act, 1842, shall apply as if a reference to the mode of marking required under this Act were substituted for a reference to the mode of marking under that Act.
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(6) His Majesty may, by Order in Council, revoke, vary or add to any Order in Council made under this Act.
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Application to Scotland.
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2. In Scotland all offences which are punishable under this Act on summary conviction shall be prosecuted before the sheriff in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction (Scotland) Acts.
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Commencement of Act.
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3. This Act shall come into force on the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four.
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Short title and repeal. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 35.
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4.—(1) Section two of the Customs Tariff Act, 1876, is hereby repealed.
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(2) This Act may be cited as the Hall-marking of Foreign Plate Act, 1904.
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