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

Customs and Excise Rules

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

Rules for Section 15 of the Act

Part 2: Standard requirements for submission of traveller declarations and customs assistance

15.06 Submission of traveller declarations

Purchase

(a)	A traveller declaration must, subject to rule 15.10, be submitted—

(i)

through the electronic South African traveller management system or SATMS, available on the SARS website (http://www.sars.gov.za/travellerdeclaration), on the traveller management mobile application (SARS Traveller Mobi app) or via a quick response code (QR) scan platform on any electronic communication device capable of connecting to the internet, including at a self-service kiosk at a place of entry or exit where such facility is available; or

(ii)	at the customs traveller processing area of the relevant place of entry or exit, in paper format on form TD-01, together with a traveller goods declaration on form TGD1 if that traveller had disclosed any goods contemplated in rule 15. 04(c) or (d), in circumstances where—

(aa)	there is a SARS systems failure;

(bb)	an internet connection is not available at the relevant place of entry or exit; or

(cc)	a traveller is due to other reasonable grounds unable to submit the declaration electronically.

(b)	A traveller declaration—

(i)	if submitted in terms of paragraph (a)(i)—

(aa)	must be submitted no more than 24 hours prior to departure from the country from which the traveller is travelling, and if travelling to the Republic on a journey separated by stops, no more than 24 hours prior to departure on the last leg of his or her journey directly to the Republic; and

(bb)	must, prior to proceeding through a traveller processing channel, be updated if any of the information already submitted has subsequently changed; or

(ii)	if submitted in terms of paragraph (a)(ii), be completed and submitted to an officer upon arrival at the customs processing area of the relevant place of entry or exit.

(c)

A parent or legal guardian of a minor or the caretaker of a person who due to incapacity or reduced capacity caused by age, ill-health or mental or physical disability is unable to submit a traveller declaration, or another person assisting, may complete and submit a traveller declaration on behalf of that minor or person and takes responsibility for the accuracy of the content of the declaration.