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Schedule,

Form 1.

Export declarations,

Schedule. Form 2.

Form 3.

(4) The country code number and the item code number required to be inserted in a declaration in Form I in the Schedule are respective. ly the appropriate country code number and item code number sei out in the Imports and Exports Classification List.

(5) Any person who, in contravention of the provisions of para- graph (1), knowingly or recklessly lodges any declaration with the Director that is inaccurate in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fins of five thousand dollars.

(6) Every person who, being required to lodge a declaration under paragraph (1), fails or neglects, without reasonable excuse (the burden of proof whereof shall be upon him), to do so within the period specified in paragraph (2), or, where he has such excuse, fails or neglects to lodge such declaration as soon as is practicable after the cessation of such excuse, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars, and, commencing on the day following the date of conviction, to a fine of one hundred dollars in respect of every day during which his failure or neglect to lodge the declaration continues.

(7) The Director may, on the tender of any import declaration that is incomplete in any respect or on the tender of an import declar- tion otherwise than in duplicate, refuse to accept the declaration until it is completed in every respect or until a duplicate thereof is sub- mitted, as the case may be, and upon such refusal the declaration shall be deemed not to have been lodged with the Director.

5. (1) Every person who exports any article other than an exempted article shall lodge with the Director, in duplicate, an accurate and complete export declaration relating to such article-

(a) in Form 2 in the Schedule in the case of an article which bas previously been imported and is thereafter exported without having in the meantime undergone in the Colony any manu- facturing process which has changed permanently the shape, nature, form or utility of the article; and

(6) in the case of any other article, in Form 3 in the Schedule. (2) Every declaration required to be lodged under paragraph (1) shall be lodged within ninety-six hours after the exportation of the article to which it relates.

(3) Subject to paragraph (1), only one declaration is required in respect of exported articles that-

(a) were exported in the same ship, vehicle, train or aircraft; and (b) have item code numbers with identical first three digits; and (c) were consigned to the same country.

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

(4) The country code number and the item code number required to be inserted in a declaration in Form 2 or 3 in the Schedule are respectively the appropriate country code number and item code number set out in the Imports and Exports Classification List

(5) Any person who, in contravention of the provisions of para- graph (1), knowingly or recklessly lodges any declaration with the Director that is inaccurate in any material particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of five thousand dollars.

(6) Every person who, being required to lodge a declaration under paragraph (1), fails or neglects, without reasonable excuse (the burden of proof whereof shall be upon him), to do so within the period specified in paragraph (2), or, where he has such excuse, fails or neglects to lodge such declaration as soon as is practicable after the cessation of such excuse, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and, commencing on the day following the date of conviction, to a fine of one hundred dollars in respect of every day during which his failure or neglect to lodge the declaration continues.

(7) The Director may, on the tender of any export declaration that is incomplete in any respect or on the tender of an export declara- tion otherwise than in duplicate, refuse to accept the declaration until it is completed in every respect or until a duplicate thereof is submitted, as the case may be, and upon such refusal the declaration shall be deemed nor to have been lodged with the Director.

lodging

6. Every import or export declaration required to be lodged Place and pursuant to paragraph (1) of regulation 4 or paragraph (1) of regulation manner of f shall be lodged either in person at such office or offices as the declaradons. Director shall, by notice in the Gazerte, designate for this purpose, or by sending it by pre-paid post to such address as the Director stall. by notice in the Gazette, designate for this purpose.

7. (1) In respect of each import declaration relating to an article Charges or articles imported after the commencement of these regulations and payable on

lodgement of

in respect of each export declaration relating to an article or articles declarations. exported after the commencement of these regulations, there shall be payable by every person who, pursuant to paragraph (1) of regulation 4

or paragraph (1) of regulation 5, lodges the declaration-

(a) in the case of an import declaration relating to an article or articles classified under section 0 of the Imports and Exports Classification List, a charge of two dollars irrespective of the value of the article or aggregate value of the articles specified in the declaration; and