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Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Chapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of Goods

6A. Special provisions in respect of customs controlled areas

 

(1) The Commissioner may control the importation, exportation, manufacture or use of goods and the movement of persons or goods in a custom controlled area.

 

(2) The Commissioner may after consultation with any person or authority who administers any activity in any custom controlled area, determine the manner in which any such controlled area—
(a) must be secured; and
(b) must be signposted so as to give persons present in the area a clear indication that it is an area under customs control.

 

(3)
(a) An officer stationed at an entrance or exit contemplated in section 6(1)(h) may stop any person from entering or leaving a customs controlled area and he or she may search such person or a vehicle under control of such person.
(b) If such person fails to stop, the officer may take such action, including the use of force, as may reasonably be necessary to stop such person or vehicle.

 

(4) Any person entering, leaving or present in a customs controlled area must comply with such controls and procedures as the Commissioner may prescribe by rule.

 

(5) The Commissioner may by rule—
(a) specify the limits of any customs controlled area;
(b) prescribe—
(i) any conditions relating to the entry or exit of goods and persons into or from a customs controlled area;
(ii) measures relating to the appropriate identification of persons entering, present in or leaving a customs controlled area;
(iii) any other matter which is necessary to prescribe or useful to achieve the efficient and effective control of goods and persons in a customs controlled area.