Appeals to the Governor.
Possession of
prohibited
article after
impart.
Delivery of
import licence and manifest lo the Director.
6. (1) Any person aggrieved by a decision, act or omission of the Director or of any other public officer, other than a judge, a District Judge or a magistrate, taken, done or made in the exercise of any powers or the performance of any duties under this Ordinance may, within fourteen days from the date when he was informed of the decision, act or omission or when the decision, act or omission became known to him (whichever is the later) or within such further period as the Governor may allow in any particular case, by notice in writing lodge an objec- tion to the decision, act or omission with the Colonial Secretary.
(2) On consideration of an objection lodged in accordance with subsection (1), the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the decision, act or omission of the Director or other public officer, or substitute therefor such other decision or make such other order as he may think fit.
(3) Nothing in this section shall entitle any person to lodge an objection under this section to any decision, act or omission of the Governor or of any court.
PART IIL
PROHIBITED ARTICLES.
7. (1) The owner of any vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which any prohibited article is imported shall retain possession of the probibited article until-
(a) in the case where the import of the prohibited article is permitted subject to the terms and conditions of a licence, there is produced to him a valid import licence issued under this Ordinance or under some other law in respect of the prohibited article; or
(b) in any other case, the Director gives to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle written directions in respect of the removal or storage of the prohibited article. (2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) if the defendant proves that he did not know and could not with reasonable diligence have known that the article to which the charge relates was a probibited article.
# (1) Subject to section 9, a person to whom an import licence has been issued under this Ordinance shall present the licence to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on
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which the article is imported within seven days after the article was imported
(2) On presentation of an import licence pursuant to sub- section (1), the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the article has been imported-
(a) may release the article to the consignee, if he is satisfied that he is not prohibited from doing so under any condition of the import licence; and
(b) shall, within seven days after receiving the import licence, deliver it to the Director together with a copy or extract of the manifest of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the article was imported, duly certified by him as a true copy or extract of the manifest. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be tiable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.
(1) If an article which is imported forms part only of a consignment of articles in respect of which an import licence has been issued under this Ordinance, the person to whom the licence was issued shall present-
(a) the import licence endorsed by him to this effect; and (b) a written declaration signed by him stating that the article which has been imported forms part only of a consignment of articles in respect of which the licence was issued,
to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the article was imported within seven days after the article was imported.
(2) The owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle, on receiving from a licensee an endorsed import licence and written declara- tion pursuant to subsection (1)-
(a) may release the article to the consignee, if he is satisfied that he is not prohibited from doing so under any condition of the import licence; and
(B) shall, within seven days after receiving the import
licence and written declaration-
() endorse the licence and return it to the person to whom it was issued; and
(ii) deliver the written declaration to the Director together with a copy or extract of the manifest of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the article was imported, duly certified by him as a true copy or extract of the manifest.
Delivery of import licence and manifest in the case of part shipments.