SPIRITS ACT 1906 (REPEALED)

S 8 repealed by No 137 of 2000, s 3 and Sch 2 item 376, effective 24 May 2001.

Act No 137 of 2000 contained the following transitional provisions, effective 24 May 2001:

418 Transitional - pre-commencement offences  
418(1)
Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

(a) an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

(b) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

(c) any matter connected with, or arising out of, such proceedings;

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

418(2)
Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
419 Transitional - pre-commencement notices  
419
If:

(a) a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

(b) any or all of those other provisions are repealed; and

(c) the first-mentioned provision is amended;

the amendment of the first-mentioned provision does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

S 8 formerly read:

FORGING OR FALSELY APPLYING SPIRIT MARKS  
8(1)
A person shall not:

(a) forge any prescribed stamp seal or label; or

(b) falsely apply any prescribed stamp seal or label to any spirits; or

(c) represent any stamp seal or label to be a prescribed stamp seal or label.

Penalty: $1,000.

8(2)
A person shall be deemed to forge a prescribed stamp seal or label if he, without authority of the Chief Executive Officer of Customs, makes a facsimile of it, or makes any stamp seal or label so nearly resembling it as to be likely to deceive.

8(3)
A person shall be deemed to falsely apply a prescribed stamp seal or label if he, without the authority of an officer, applies it, or any stamp seal or label so nearly resembling it as to be likely to deceive, to any spirits.

8(4)
A stamp seal or label shall be deemed to be applied to spirits if it is on the vessel or bottle in which the spirits are contained.