(1)
The Minister may, after such investigation as he may think fit, by
notice in the Gazette prohibit the importation into or the sale in the
Republic of goods of any class or description specified in the notice,
whether made or produced in the Republic or elsewhere, unless one
or more of the following requirements, specified in the notice, have
been complied with in respect of those goods(a)
there shall be applied to them in a manner specified in the
notice words stating clearly the country in which they were
made or produced, or, if the manner in which the words shall
be applied is not so specified, the words shall be applied to the
goods in a conspicuous manner;
(b)
they shall, if they bear any mark specified in the notice,
conform to such standard as may be prescribed in the notice;
(c)
there shall be applied to them in a conspicuous manner and as
specified in the notice, words or letters stating clearly the
materials of which they are composed and if so required the
percentages of such materials calculated either by weight or by
volume as prescribed in the notice;
[Para. (c) substituted by s. 1 of Act 3 of 1946 and by s. 2 of
Act 26 of 1951.]
(d)
there shall, if after they have been used, they have been
reconditioned, rebuilt or remade, whether in the Republic or
elsewhere, be applied to them in the manner specified in the
notice, words so specified stating clearly that they have been
reconditioned, rebuilt or remade, as the case may be.
[Para. (d) substituted by s. 2 of Act 26 of 1951 and amended
by s. 18 of Act 38 of 1997.]
[Sub-s. (1) amended by s. 18 of Act 38 of 1997.]
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(2)
The Minister may, if he is satisfied that the circumstances require it, by
notice in the Gazette withdraw, amend or qualify any notice issued in
terms of subsection (1).
(3)
Any person who contravenes any such prohibition shall be guilty of an
offence.
Minister may prescribe what indication of origin of goods to be made
(1)
If the Minister, after such investigation as he may think fit, is satisfied(a)
that, by reason of the fact that a considerable part of the labour
expended in the manufacture of any goods of any class or
description which are sold or which it is proposed to sell in the
Republic has been expended in any particular country or
elsewhere than in any particular country; or
(b)
that, by reason of the fact that a considerable part of the
material of which any goods of any class or description which
are sold or which it is proposed to sell in the Republic are
composed has been produced in any particular country or
elsewhere than in any particular country,