The Revenue Act, 1889 — 52 & 53 Vict. C. 42
I. The following goods shall from and after the passing of this Act be included amongst the goods enumerated and described on the table of prohibitions and restrictions contained in Section 42 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, namely:
Books, first published in any country or state other than the United Kingdom, wherein under the International Copyright Act, 1886, or any other Act or any Order in Council made under the authority of any Act, there is a subsisting Copyright in the United Kingdom, printed or reprinted in any country or state other than the country or state in which they were first published,1777 and as to which the owner of the copyright or his agent in the United Kingdom has given to the Commissioners of Customs in the manner prescribed by Section 44 of the Customs Consolidation Act, 1876, a notice in such form and giving such particulars as those Commissioners require, and accompanied by a declaration as provided in that Section.