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STATUTES OF SWAZILAND
Forms of notice of bond. (Schedule)
5.
The notice and bond required by regulation 4 shall be in the forms contained in the
Schedule or in such other form as the director of customs may direct.
When security to be returned.
6.
The security lodged under these regulations shall be returned
(a) forthwith if given before examination, and no detention follows;
(h) on completion or forfeiture if given on detention and the forfeiture is
completed either by lapse of time or ultimate condemnation by a competent
court;
(c) on the expiry of three calender months from
(i) the time of detention of the goods where the security is given on
detention and the forfeiture is not completed and the goods are
released by the director of customs no suit having been commenced
against him or any of his officers in respect of such detention ;
(ii) the ultimate conclusion of the proceedings where the security is
given on detention and the forfeiture is not completed but the
goods are released for failure of proceedings taken under any
provision of the Customs Act for the forfeiture and condemnation
thereof, no suit having been commenced against the director of
customs or any of his officers in respect of such detention;
(d) on the ultimate conclusion of any suit commenced within the aforesaid
periods and on the fulfilment of the purpose for which the security was given.
Importer required to make declaration in certain cases.
If on the examination or detention of goods imported into Swaziland, the officers
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of customs find that they bear trade descriptions or figures, letters or marks or names, or
any words in any language calculated to lead to the belief that they were not manufactured
in the country from which they were imported, unless the said description, etc. wherever they
may be applied to the goods are also accompanied by definite statements in close proximity
thereto, and in equally indelible, irremovable, and conspicuous form , indicating the country
where they were really manufactured, then before delivery of the goods is made, the importer
may be required to produce a declaration in writing, made before the British Consul at the
port from which they have been imported by the shipper as to the country where the goods
were really manufactured and if that be impracticable, the importer himself may be required
to make before the director of customs or a customs officer at the port of importation into
Swaziland a solemn declaration as to the country of manufacture, and if he fails to produce
or make such declaration, the goods shall be taken to be the manufacture of the place or
country from which they were imported and not of the country which the said descriptions,
etc . indicate:
Provided that the officers of customs may avail themselves of the aid of experts to
give evidence or to assist in verifying any evidence produced by the importers as to the
country in which the goods were manufactured.
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