Singapore legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Power of Minister to impose duties
(1)
There shall be charged, levied and paid to the Director-General such duty or duties on goods of any class or description which are being or have been imported into Singapore as may be prescribed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette, where it is represented to the Minister that goods of that class or description are being or have been so imported in circumstances in which they are under the provisions of this Act regarded as having been dumped or subject to the giving of a subsidy, and that, having regard to all the circumstances, it would be in the public interest to do so:Provided that where the Minister is not satisfied that the effect of the dumping or of the giving of the subsidy is such as to —
cause or threaten material injury to an established industry in Singapore; or
retard materially the establishment of an industry in Singapore,the Minister shall make no such order.
(2)
Where, on receiving any representations under subsection (1), the Minister is satisfied that —
a prima facie case exists of the dumping or subsidising of goods;
it is desirable that a duty should be imposed under subsection (1); and
it is impossible to establish the export price or fair market price of goods without such delay as would be prejudicial to the public interest if no duty under subsection (1) were imposed in the meanwhile,he may thereupon make an order under subsection (1), referred to in this Act as an interim order, imposing such duty as is necessary in the opinion of the Minister temporarily to counteract the effect of such dumping or subsidy:Provided that as soon as the export price or fair market price, as the case may be, has been established the Minister may revoke or vary the interim order in such manner as he may consider necessary.
(3)
Any order made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication.