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Citation and

Commence ment.

Interpreta- tiod.

IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION ORDINANCE.

(Chapter 50).

IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION (REGISTRATION OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS) REGULATIONS 1966.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Importa- tion and Exportation Ordinance and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations

PART L.

CITATION AND INTERPRETATION.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Importation and Exportation (Registration of Imports and Exports) Regulations 1966, and shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Governor by Proclamation in the Gazette.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires........ "exempted artick" means any article to or in respect of which regulations 4 and 5 do not apply by virtue of the provisions of regulation 3;

"Imports and Exports Classification List" means the current Hong Kong Imports and Exports Classification List issued by the Director of Commerce and Industry as amended from time to time by notification published in the Gazette;

"owner" in respect of an aircraft includes every person acting as agcol for the owner or who receives freight or other charges in respect of the aircraft;

"transhipment cargo" means any imported article that is consigned on a through bill of lading from a place outside the Colony to another place outside the Colony and is or is to be removed from the ship, vehicle, train or aircraft in which it was imported and either returned to the same ship, vehicle, train or aircraft or transferred to another ship, vehicle, train or aircraft before being exported. whether it is or is to be transferred directly between such ships. vehicles, trains or aircraft or whether it is to be landed in the Colony after its importation and stored, pending exportation; "transit cargo" means any article that is destined for a place outside the Colony and is passing through the Colony on the same ship or aircraft without transhipment.

PART 11.

IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS.

3. Nothing in regulations 4 and 5 shall apply to or in respect of- Exemptions {a} transhipment cargo:

(b) transit cargo;

(c) articles imported or exported by the Government or the armed

forces of the Crown:

(d) ships" stores, including bunker fuel;

(e) aircraft stores, including aviation fuel carried in the tanks of

an aircraft for use by that aircraft:

(f) personal baggage, which expression shall not include motor

vehicles:

(g) any postal packet the contents of which are valued at less

than four thousand dollars;

(A) advertising material supplied free of charge, and samples of any product that are clearly marked or labelled as samples and that, to the satisfaction of the Director, are intended for free distribution solely for the purpose of advertising the product of which they are samples;

(marine fish, including edible crustaceans, molluscs and other similar edible products derived from the sea, arriving in the Colony direct from fishing grounds on fishing craft registered or licensed in the Colony:

() gifts of a personal nature where no payment is or is to be

made by the receiver thereof.

in respect of regulations 4 and 5.

4. (1) Every person who imports any article other than an kuport exempled article shall lodge with the Director, in duplicate, an accurate declarations. and complete import declaration relating to such article in Form I Schedule, in the Schedule.

Form 1.

(2) Every declaration required to be lodged under paragraph (1) shall be lodged within ninety-six hours after the importation of the article to which it relates.

(3) Only one declaration is required in respect of imported articles Sat-

(a) were imported in the same ship, vehicle, train or aircraft; and (6) have item code numbers with identical first three digits; and (e) were consigned from the same country,

but save as aforesaid a separate declaration shall be lodged under paragraph (1) in respect of each article,