Customs (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

L-N.44 of 1982

CUSTOMS ORDINANCE (CAP. (0)

Customs (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 75 of the Customs

Ordinance. the Minister of the Interior has made the fol1owing regula-

tions:-

These regulations may be cited as the Customs (Amendment)

Regulations. 1982, and shaH be read and construed as one with the

Customs Regulations. 1957 hereinafter referred to as 'the principal re-

gulations'.

Immediately after regulation 19 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

"19A. (1) Passengers arriving by air at Luqa Airport shaH

choose to pass through either of two channels

(a) a green channel intended for passengers having

goods which are not liable to import duty, and for the pur-

poses of this regulation the expression "goods which are nnt

liable to import duty" shall be deemed to inc1ude goods for

the importation of which free of duty no condition is required

by the Tariff to be comp1ied with, and goods which are not

subject to import prohibitions or restrictions; and

(b) a red channel for other passengers.

(2) Every person passing through the green channel sha11 be

deemed te have made a declaration fer purposes of customs that he

does net have any goods which are liable to duty or subject to im-

port prohibition or restriction of the importation thereof free of

duty is subject to a condition which the Tariff requires to be com-

plied with.

(3) In the case of passengers passing through the green chan-

nel, an Officer of Customs may stop any passenger and require him

to open his luggage or other packages for examination and to

submit himself to a search.

(4) If any person passing through the green channel is

found to be in possession of goods, other than goods which are not

liable to import duty. he shall cornmit an offence and shaH on

conviction be liable to a fine (multa) not exceeding eight hundred

pounds or an amount equal to three times the import duty payable

on any goods in respect of which the offence is committed. which·

ever shall be higher, or to irnprisonment for a term not exceeding

six months. or to both such fine and imprisonment, and to the

forfeiture of such goods.".

In regulation 21 of the principal regulations for the words

"Second Schedule to the Impart Duties Act, 1964", there shall be sub-

stituted the words "First Schedule to the Import Duties Act, 1976".

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