Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No.17:

In page 18, line 27, to delete “6 months” and substitute “12 months”.

This amendment makes it an offence to smuggle goods into the State without payment of duty or contrary to a prohibition or restriction on their importation. It also makes it an offence to export goods without payment of any duty that may be payable or contrary to any prohibition or restriction on their exportation. Amendment No. 19 to section 15 provides for a number of miscellaneous offences associated with smuggling, ranging from failure to comply with the lawful requirement imposed by an officer of customs to damaging customs property.