(4) In the case of goods exported by post, any form or label affixed to or completed in
respect of a postal item, on which a description of the contents and their value are set forth,
shall be deemed to be a bill of entry export as required by this Act. (Amended A.11/1988.)
(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) or in any other law but subject
to the provisions of subsection (3), any person importing goods by post shall submit the invoice in respect of such goods to the postmaster concerned, and no person shall receive,
remove, take, deliver or in any manner deal with or in such goods unless the correct duty has
been paid to that postmaster. (Added A.11/1988.)
(6) Any postmaster may at any time detain any imported postal item under his control
and cause such postal item to be removed to the Controller, who may examine such postal
item, and if he finds that the goods therein do not agree in all respects with the particulars
relating to the value, description or quantity appearing on the form or label referred to in subsection (1) or the invoice concerned, such goods shall notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law be liable to forfeiture. (Added A.11/1988.)
Persons entering or leaving Swaziland and smugglers.
13. (1) Any person entering or leaving Swaziland shall, in such manner as the Commissioner may determine, unreservedly declare all goods in his possession which he brought
with him into Swaziland or proposes taking with him beyond the borders of Swaziland and
shall furnish an officer with full particulars thereof, answer fully and truthfully all questions put
to him by such officer and, if required by such officer to do so, produce and open such goods
for examination by the said officer and shall pay the duties assessed by such officer to the
Controller. (Amended A.11/1988.)
(1bis) Any declaration made under subsection (1) shall for the purposes of this Act be
deemed to be an entry for home consumption or export, as the case may be. (Added
A.11/1988.)
(2) The controller may in all cases where a person is detected or is concerned in or is
suspected by the controller of an attempt to import, export, land or remove goods illegally or
to evade the payment of duty on any goods, forthwith take the person concerned before a
magistrates‟ court to be dealt with, or may detain such person in a police station or other
suitable place, until he can be taken before such court.
Opening of package in absence of importer or exporter.
14. The controller may, in the absence of the importer or exporter of any package imported
into or landed in or exported from or suspected by the controller to have been imported into
or landed in or exported from Swaziland, open and examine such package at the importer‟s
or exporter‟s risk and expense: