Singapore legislation
Section 14
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 —
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
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.