I hereby promulgate the Law for Partial Amendment to the Customs Law and Others.
Signed:HIROHITO, Seal of the Emperor
This twenty-ninth day of the eleventh month of the twenty-sixth year of Showa (November 29, 1951)
Prime Minister YOSHIDA Shigeru
Law for Partial Amendment to the Customs Law and Others
(Partial Amendment to the Customs Law)
Article 1. The Customs Law (Law No.61 of 1899) shall be partially amended as follows:
Article 104 shall be amended as follows:
Article 104. With regard to the application of this Law, those areas of the Japanese territory, outside of Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu, which may be designated by Cabinet Order, shall be treated as foreign territory for the time being.
(Partial Amendment to the Customs Tariff Law)
Article 2. The Customs Tariff Law (Law No.54 of 1910) shall be partially amended as follows:
Article 12 shall be amended as follows:
Article 12. With regard to the application of this Law, those areas of the Japanese territory, outside of Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu, which may be designated by Cabinet Order, shall be treated as foreign territory for the time being.
(Partial Amendments to the Law for Partial Amendments to the Customs Tariff Law)
Article 3. The Law for Partial Amendment to the Customs Tariff Law (Law No.110 of 1951) shall be partially amended as follows:
Paragraph 4 of the Supplementary Provisions shall be amended as follows:
4. The import duty on any commodity produced in the area treated as foreign territory by virtue of provisions of Article 12 of the Customs Tariff Law, shall, in accordance with the provisions of Cabinet Order, be exempted for the time being.
In Table A of paragraph 5 of the Supplementary Provisions,
"519 |
Hydrocarbon oils (n. o. p. f.):
1.Crude oils, heavy oils and raw oils
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"shall be amended as "
519 |
Hydrocarbon oils (n. o. p. f.):
1.Crude oils, heavy oils and raw oils.
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1101 |
Printing paper:
2.
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Other (weighing more than 30 grams but not more than 300 grams per square meter): |
A. Weighing not more than 58 grams per square meter (paper in roll containing ground pulp)".
(Partial Amendment to the Tonnage Dues Law)
Article 4. The Tonnage Dues Law (Law No.88 of 1899) shall be partially amended as follows:
Article 8 shall be amended as follows:
Article 8. With regard to the application of this Law, those areas of the Japanese territory, outside of Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku and Kyushu, which may be designated by Cabinet Order, shall be treated as foreign territory for the time being.
Supplementary Provision:
Of this Law, the amended provision of paragraph 5 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Law for Partial Amendment to the Customs Law shall come into force as from the day of its promulgation, and other provisions shall come into force as from the day of the first coming into force of the Treaty of Peace with Japan.