Clause 7

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no dutiable goods imported and no goods of a class dutiable on import intended for transhipment or in transit shall on arrival be removed —

from the vessel on which the goods arrived;

from the customs airport at which the goods arrived;

from the railway station at which the goods arrived;

beyond any customs station at Woodlands if the goods were brought into Singapore by road; or

from the free trade zone in which the goods were deposited or landed,except under and in accordance with the conditions contained in a permit issued by the proper officer of customs in such form as may be determined by the Director-General.(2) No permit shall be required for the removal —

by an authority administering a free trade zone of any dutiable goods from a vessel directly into the free trade zone, if a full and correct inward manifest as required under section 39 has been furnished to the proper officer of customs;

of dutiable goods (other than intoxicating liquors or tobacco) the duty on which does not exceed $300 or such other amount as the Minister may by order prescribe and which is in the possession or in the baggage of any person arriving in Singapore;

of an amount not exceeding 10 litres of intoxicating liquors and two kilogrammes of tobacco in the possession or in the baggage of any person arriving in Singapore;

of petroleum carried in the fuel supply tank or in a spare container of not more than 10 litres capacity of a motor vehicle or in the fuel supply tanks of aircraft for use in the propulsion thereof; and

of dutiable goods imported by post unless so required by the proper officer of customs.(3) The Director-General may, subject to such conditions as he may impose, authorise any person to remove, without a permit, goods of a class dutiable on import intended for transhipment or in transit —

from an aircraft into the free trade zone in a customs airport and to be transhipped from that free trade zone directly into another aircraft at the same airport; or

from the free trade zone to be transhipped directly to a vessel berthed at the same free trade zone.”.