Singapore legislation

Section 14

of States of Malaya Customs Duties Collection Act 1958

Section 14

Declaration of goods imported and payment of duty

(1)

Subject to this Act, goods to be imported into Malaysia through a collection station shall not be loaded for despatch at or through the collection station until the importer or the consignor has, personally or by his agent —

(a)

made to a Federal officer of customs at the collection station a declaration in the prescribed form giving particulars of the goods to be imported; and

(b)

paid any import duty and other charges leviable on such goods:Provided that such declaration and payment of import duty shall not be required if the owner of any goods to be imported through a collection station consents, either personally or by his agent, to consign the goods in a manner satisfactory to a Federal officer of customs to a customs warehouse or a licensed warehouse in Malaysia established in accordance with the law of Malaysia.

(2)

Every passenger shall at a collection station or at any point between the Malayan Railway Station at Keppel Road, Singapore and the limits of Singapore declare to a Federal officer of customs all dutiable or prohibited goods in his possession, either on his person or in any baggage and shall pay any import duty leviable thereon.