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Smuggling, the offence of importing prohibited Articles, or of defrauding the revenue by the introduction of Articles into consumption without paying the duties chargeable upon them. It may be committed indifferently either upon the excise or customs revenue.The crime of importing or exporting illegal articles or articles on which duties have not been paid, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1394.Smuggling is restrained by the statutes relating to the Customs, and in particular by the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876.In relation to any goods, means any act or omission which will render such goods liable to confiscation under s. 111 or s. 113. [Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), s. 2 (39)]The general concept of smuggling contains two elements: one, the bringing into India of goods the import of which is prohibited; and two, the bringing, into the country's trade stream, of goods the import of which is permitted without paying the customs duties with which they are chargeable. The second e...
smuggle
smuggle smug·gled smug·gling vt : to import or export secretly and illegally esp. to avoid paying duties or to evade enforcement of laws [ drugs] [convicted of smuggling weapons] vi : to export or import something in violation of customs laws ...
Smuggle
To import or export secretly contrary to the law to import or export without paying the duties imposed by law as to smuggle lace...
Gold
Gold. As to the duty of the Bank of England under the Coinage Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 10), s. 8, to coin gold bullion for any person bringing the same for that purpose, which was suspended by the Gold Standard Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 29); and the Bank's duty during the period of suspense, to sell gold bullion in bars containing approximately 400 ounces troy of fine gold to any purchaser paying '3 17s. 10'd. per ounce troy of fine gold, see those Acts, and CURRENCY ACT. The right to purchase gold provided by the Act of 1925 was suspended by the Gold Standard (Amendment) Act, 1931 (21 & 22 Geo. 5, c. 46) (see BULLION). As to standards and marking of gold plate and gold ware, see Safford, 'Law of Merchandise Acts.'A promise to repay a loan or other obligation in terms of 'gold' depends for its performance on the law of the country governing the performance at the time of performance, see Feist v. Societe Inter-communale Belge d' Electricite, 1934, AC 161.It includes gold in the ...
bootleg
bootleg : something bootlegged bootleg adj vb boot·legged boot·leg·ging vt 1 : to produce, reproduce, or distribute without authorization or license 2 : smuggle compare pirate vi : to engage in bootlegging boot·leg·ger n ...
contraband
contraband [Italian contrabbando act of smuggling, from contra- against + bando edict, law] : property that is unlawfully produced, possessed, or transported contraband per se : property that is in and of itself unlawful to possess, produce, or transport derivative contraband : property that is unlawful because it is used in committing an unlawful act ...
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
Contrabandism
Traffic in contraband goods smuggling...
Smuggler
One who smuggles...
Coast-guard
Coast-guard. See the (English) Coast Guard Service Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 83), 'to provide for the better defence of the Coasts of the Realm,. And the ready manning of the Navy; and th transfer' to the Admiralty 'from the Board of Customs the Government of the Coast Guard,' whereby the Admiralty may raise such number of officers or men from time to time up to 10,000 as it may think fit for the constitution of a Coast-guard. The force was originally formed merely for the prevention of smuggling, in connection with which it has many duties to discharge under the Customs Acts. The (English) Coast-guard Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 88), transfers the control of the Coast-guard service to the Board of Trade but in case of emergency it can be transferred to the Admiralty....
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