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Manner of application of mark
(1) Whenever the name of the country in which goods were assembled, manufactured,
produced or mixed is applied to goods for the purposes of section five or six, that
name shall be applied in a conspicuous manner—
(a)
in the case where an offending mark—
(i)
is applied to the goods themselves, to the goods themselves; or
(ii)
is applied to any covering or other attachment, either by means of
such covering or other attachment or to the goods themselves;
and
(b)
so as to render unlikely the obliteration, erasure or detachment of such
name in the ordinary course of handling prior to sale to the consumer; and
(c)
in a prominent position and so placed that it can be easily read without
detaching or unwrapping any part of the covering in which the goods may be offered
for sale, or wherever an offending mark is applied.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, by statutory instrument, and for
the purposes of sections five and six, prescribe in respect of goods specified in such
notice the manner in which the name of the country shall be applied, and in that event
subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to those goods.
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Marking of goods on import
(1) If the import of any goods into Zimbabwe is prohibited by section seven, the
Director of Customs and Excise, after—
(a)
being furnished by the importer thereof with proof of the country in
which the goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed; and
(b)
being satisfied that the goods are capable of being marked so as to
comply with the requirements of section five;
may, within such time as he may specify, permit the importer of the goods to mark
them so as to comply with such requirements.
(2) If any goods referred to in subsection (1) are marked within the time specified in
terms of that subsection to the satisfaction of the Director of Customs and Excise,
such goods may, notwithstanding section 47 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter
23:02], be imported into Zimbabwe.
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Prohibition of removal of indication of origin from goods
(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall remove, alter or obliterate the indication
of origin applied to goods in accordance with section five, six or nine.
(2) It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under subsection (1) if the accused
proves that the removal, alteration or obliteration was not made for the purpose of
concealing the origin of the goods at the time of sale.
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Minister may require indication of origin and compliance with specified
standards in the case of certain classes of goods
The Minister may, after such investigation as he thinks fit, by statutory instrument,
prohibit the importation for sale or the sale of goods of any class or description unless
all or any of the following requirements, as specified in such notice, have been
complied with—
(a)
there are applied to the goods words stating clearly the country in
which they were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed and such words are
applied in such manner as may be specified in the notice or, if no manner is specified,
in a conspicuous manner;
(b)
the goods bear such mark as may be specified in the notice and
conform to such standard as may be prescribed in the notice;
(c)
there are applied to the goods in a conspicuous manner and as
specified in the notice words or letters stating clearly the materials of which they are