ACT No. VII 01 1993 A ll A crlO IIItIt!IId fhl! Customs OrdiNltl«. CAp. J1 BE IT ENACIl:D by the Presiden t. by and with the advK:e and consent of the HO\I5C of Reprt::5entatives, in this p~t Parliamen t assembled, and by the authority of the wne . as foltows:-
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
J asse nt.
C EN SU TAI;ION E
(L..s.)
President
23rd February, 1993
ACT No. VII 01 1993
A ll A crlO IIItIt!IId fhl! Customs OrdiNltl«. CAp. J1
BE IT ENACIl:D by the Presiden t. by and with the advK:e and
consent of the HO\I5C of Reprt::5entatives, in this p~t Parliamen t
assembled, and by the authority of the wne . as foltows:-
( 1) This Act may be cited as the CuS/om~ Ordina.nce
(Amendment) Act, 1993, al'd shall be read and cooS/rued as one with
the Customs O rdinanee. hereinafter referred tOI S ,·the principal law".
(2) This Act shall come inlo fora: on such date as the
Minister resporu;ible for finance may by order establish .
In section 12 of the principal law, for the words " and such bill Ace 1 ~
of entry" up to the end of the section, there shall be subeiti tuted the _
following words
"and for !iUCh bill of entry the Comptroller sh all issue a release
doo;umen t made in such form and manner as 11,,: Minister res-
ponsible for customs may by regulations prescribe, which. when
signed or otherwise duly certified by the Comptroller , shall be
transmitted to the proper offICer and be his warran t for the
examination and subsequent delivery , or, as the QI5C may be, the
due warehousing of such gocxIs." .
J . Forsubsection (2) of5eClion 160fthc principal law there shall
be substituted the following
"(2) The imponer or his agent shall produce 10 the Comp-
troller. if required by him . the OI'iginaJ invoices. bills of lading and
such other documents rellling w the goods as may be dumed
sufflCicnt or I"'()Csslry for verifying any statemen t or information
appearing on the bill of entry relating to such goods: '.
Immediately after section 61 of the principal law . there shall be
6!",o the added the following new section
For the purpose of an offellC'C under this Ordin-
ana:. the Coon Ihall not take in to comidcration any verbal Of
wrillen declaration which purportS to eorrect in a material
panicular a previous declaration to CuRoms and which is
made wben discovery of the offenc.e is imminent ....
PtiSoed by the HO\IJC of Representativa al Sining No. 106 of the 16th Fcbniary.
1993. U.WREI<CE G O NZ I
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