Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsOn the imposition of uniform duties of customs the power of the Parliament to impose duties of customs and of excise, and to grant bounties on the production or export of goods, shall become exclusive.
On the imposition of uniform duties of customs all laws of the
several States imposing duties of customs or of excise, or offering bounties
on the production or export of goods, shall cease to have effect, but any
grant of or agreement for any such bounty lawfully made by or under the
authority of the Government of any State shall be taken to be good if made
before the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight,
and not otherwise.