Carriers pro- hibited from accepting pro- hibited articles for export without licence.

Delivery of export licence and manifest to the Director.

Inspection and storage of pro- bibited articles.

(3) The written declaration referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall be made in such form as the Director may specify from time to time.

(4) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.

10. (1) The owner of a vessel, aircraft or vehicle shall not accept any prohibited article for export on the vessel, aircraft or vehicle until there is produced to him an export licence issued under this Ordinance or some other law in respect of the pro- hibited 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 this section if the defendant proves that he did not know and could not with reason- able diligence have known that the article to which the charge relates was a prohibited article.

11. (1) When a licence bas been issued under this Ordin- ance for the export of an article, the owner of the article shall, before it is exported, deliver the licence to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which he intends to export it.

(2) The owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which an article in respect of which an export licence has been issued under this Ordinance is exported shall, within fourteen days after the day on which the article is exported, deliver the export licence to the Director, together with a certified copy or certified extract of the manifest of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the article has been exported.

(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.

12 (1) For the purpose of determining whether or not an article which-

(a) has been imported within the period of six months pre- ceding the date when a request is made under this subsection for the production of the same; or

(b) is intended to be exported.

is a prohibited article, the person in possession or control of the article shall, if required to do so by the Director, an authorized

officer or member of the Preventive Service of or above the rank of Revenue Sub-Inspector, produce it for inspection by the Director, an authorized officer or such member of the Preventive Service.

(2) The Director, any authorized officer or a member of the Preventive Service of or above the rank of Revenue Sub-Inspector shall determine whether or not any article produced to him for inspection under subsection (1) is a prohibited article.

(3) The person in possession or control of a prohibited article shall, if required to do so by the Director or an authorized officer, cause such article to be stored in a place specified by the Director or authorized officer under such conditions as he may impose.

(4) An article stored in a specified place in accordance with the directions of the Director or authorized officer under sub- section (3) shall not be removed from that place unless the Director or an authorized officer has authorized in writing the removal of the article.

(5) Any person authorized in writing under subsection (4) to remove an article from a specified place shall comply with such conditions as may be imposed by the Director or authorized officer on the removal of the article.

(6) Any person who contravenes subsection (1), (3), (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

13. (1) The Director or any authorized officer may order that any prohibited article which is found without an apparent owner shall be stored in a place specified by him subject to such conditions as he may impost.

(2) Any person who, being in possession of a prohibited article which is found without an apparent owner, fails to comply with an order given by the Director or an authorized officer under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of ten thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.

(3) Where a prohibited article is stored in a specified place pursuant to an order given under subsection (1), the Director or an authorized officer shall, within the period of seventy-two hours after the prohibited article has been stored in that place, cause a notice to be exhibited at the Commerce and Industry Department in a place to which the public have access-

(a) stating that the prohibited article has been stored in

that place:

Claim and disposal of pro- hibited articles found without owner.

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