Customs officers asked the woman to show the contents of her handbag and found four boxes of jewelry decorated with diamonds.

To reduce the risk of introducing rabies from continental Europe, the United Kingdom used to require that dogs, and most other animals introduced to the country spend six months in quarantine at an HM Customs and Excise pound ; this policy was abolished in 2000 in favour of a scheme generally known as Pet Passports, where animals can avoid quarantine if they have documentation showing they are up to date on their appropriate vaccinations.

However, importation of areca nut in a form other than whole or carved kernels of nuts can be stopped at the discretion of US Customs officers on the grounds of food, agricultural, or medicinal drug violations.

When Deputies are not making arrests on the street, they can be found guarding prisoners arrested by other investigative agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, protecting government officials, processing seized assets of major crime rings for investigative agencies, relocating and providing new identities for federal witnesses in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program, which is headed by the USMS.

Article 21 of GCIII ( 1949 ) reproduces the Articles 10 and 11 of the Have IV: Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land, 18 October 1907, but did not include Article 12, which provides: " Prisoners of war liberated on parole and recaptured bearing arms against the Government to whom they had pledged their honour, or against the allies of that Government, forfeit their right to be treated as prisoners of war, and can be brought before the courts.

On December 26, 2009, The Nation published an article on secret prisons in the United States run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement where suspected illegal immigrants can be held indefinitely before deportation.

This belief, together with Heke's views about the imposition of the Customs duties, can also be linked to the further widely diffused belief that the British flag flying on Flagstaff Hill over the town of Kororareka signified that the Māori had become the slaves of the Crown.

Employees of the Serious Organised Crime Agency can be designated with the powers of a constable, Revenue and Customs officer and immigration officer.

If the income tax varying powers of the Scottish Parliament were to be used ( the rate can be changed by plus or minus three percent ), the additional revenue raised would be paid by the HM Revenue and Customs directly to the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

Customs changed with time ; Earldoms were the first to be hereditary, and three different rules can be traced for the case of an Earl who left no sons and several married daughters.

Customs changed with time ; Earls were the first to be hereditary, and three different rules can be traced for the case of an Earl who left no sons and several married daughters.

Every year, the Department of State can cite multiple arrests of ITAR violators by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the FBI.

In addition, this section details the cooperation of Customs authorities for ensuring that the rules of the agreement are carried out and outlines possible actions which can be taken if the exporting country appears to be acting in bad faith.

It can, however, register as a charity with HM Revenue and Customs for Tax purposes only.

Customs of a longstanding nature can be codified by formal treaties.

Forced entry is usually not permitted by the distraint officer, however in the UK, in the event of entry being refused to the HMRC distraint officer, HM Revenue and Customs can apply for a break open warrant under Section 61 ( 2 ) of the Taxes Management Act, 1970.

The data is available to Customs officials at each of Canada's major ports, and any anomalies can be investigated by mobile teams with secure, wireless access to the database.

Although U. S. Customs can do routine suspicionless searches of people and effects crossing the border ( including passing through airport customs ), non-routine searches, like slashing the spare tire of a car, require reasonable suspicion.

The arrivals area contains three baggage belts, one of which can be cordoned off to accommodate US arrivals and Canadian Customs processing.

Finished products from kamagong wood, such as fine furniture and decoratives can be exported provided that they are properly documented and approved by the Customs authorities.

To reduce the compliance burden employers can apply to HM Revenue and Customs for a dispensation, which removes the requirement to report expense payments for which employees can claim a corresponding deduction.

The Customs House is flooded and the India House and the English Factory destroyed, so that no trade can legitimately be conducted.

* 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

On 18 August, Fiji Islands Revenue and Customs Authority chief executive Tevita Banuve said that importers would be given two weeks to clear their kava stock from the wharf.

To a clean-shaven man who had an official manner, Marlow gave the paper entitled ' Suppression of Savage Customs ' - " with the postscriptum torn off "-To another, who claims to be Kurtz's cousin, Marlow gave family letters and memoranda of no importance.

As announced at the 2009 Arab League summit, Saudi Arabia is intending to participate in the Arab Customs Union to be established in 2015 and an Arab common market to be established by 2020.

Most border searches may be conducted entirely at random, without any level of suspicion, pursuant to U. S. Customs and Border Protection plenary search authority.

Early in his second term, another corruption scandal, this time in the Department of Customs, was revealed, which led to more support for the Conservatives and Progressives, and the possibility that King would be forced to resign, if he lost sufficient support in the Commons.

For example, the United States Customs Service banned James Joyce's Ulysses by refusing to allow it to be imported into the United States.

It made the Mayor of Buenos Aires an elective position ( previously the office belonged to a presidential appointee and was in control of a huge budget ), to be lost to the opposition in 1996 ; the president of the Central Bank and the Director of the AFIP ( Federal Tax & Customs Central Agency ) could only be removed with the Congress's approval.

Permits must also be endorsed by the Australian Customs Service which regulates the actual import of the drug.

Murdoch's isinglass replacement was so effective that in a court case brought by the British Customs and Excise Authorities, the noted Chemist, Sir Humphry Davy in answer to a question on whether it was " proper to be used for the purpose of fineing beer " testified that:

Customs policy may be different in Batam free trade zone.

Customs may be very strict, especially for shipped goods ( from anywhere outside the EU ).

Customs may be from 0 to 10 %, the amount depending on the type of imported goods.

Taiwan could also be used as shorthand for the Customs Union between Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu.

The military ensign was also to be used by civil government ships and buildings, such as the Customs, Harbour pilots and the Royal Mail.

He also appeared in TV advertisements for HM Revenue & Customs with the catchphrase " tax doesn't have to be taxing ".

A dislike of the British flag flying at Kororareka, appears to be connected to the imposition of the Customs duties.

* Margaret Baker, Discovering Christmas Customs and Folklore ( 1992 ), pp. 16 ff.

* Christmas: Customs And Traditions

* The Origin of American Christmas Myth and Customs