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CAP. 601

Import and Export

[1986 Ed.

Delivery of import licence and manifest to the Director.

Delivery of import licence

and manifest in the case of part shipments.

(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 Commissioner gives to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle written directions in respect of the removal or storage of the prohibited article. (Amended, L.N. 294(82)

(2) Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 1 year. (Amended, 60 of 1980, s. 2)

(3) It shall be a defence to a charge under subsection (1)(a) 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 prohibited article.

8. (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 which the article is imported within 7 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 condi- tion of the import licence; and

(b) shall, within 7 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 liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

9. (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 7 days after the article was imported.