Clause 1
Short title and commencement
This Act may be cited as the Customs (Amendment) Act, 1974 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
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Customs (Amendment) Bill
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Customs (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 21 1974, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1974.
Clause 2
Amendment of section 3
Subsection (1) of section 3 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by inserting immediately after the word “porter” appearing in the first line of the definition of “beer” therein the expression “, shandy”;
(b)
by deleting the semi-colon appearing at the end of the definition of “uncustomed goods” therein and substituting therefor a full-stop; and
(c)
by deleting the definition of “value” appearing therein.
Clause 3
Amendment of section 18
Section 18 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the word “charges” appearing in the fourth line thereof the expression “, or that any money was erroneously collected for the composition of offences,”.
Clause 4
Amendment of section 20
Section 20 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “on the day on which” whereever they appear in paragraph (a) thereof and substituting therefor in each case the words “at the time when”;
(b)
by deleting the words “on the day on which” appearing in the second line of paragraph (b) thereof and substituting therefor the words “at the time when”; and
(c)
by deleting the words “on the day” appearing in the fourth line of paragraph (b) thereof and substituting therefor the words “at the time”.
Clause 5
Amendment of section 21
Subsection (8) of section 21 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the expression “and also to take account of the definition of “value” in subsection (1) of section 3 of this Act” appearing in the sixth, seventh and eighth lines of paragraph (b) thereof; and
(b)
by deleting paragraph (c) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(c)the rate of exchange to be used for determining the equivalent in Singapore currency of any foreign currency shall be the current selling rate in Singapore at the time when customs duty is paid.”.
Clause 6
Amendment of section 29
Section 29 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by inserting immediately after the word “transhipment” appearing in the second line thereof the words “or in transit”; and
(b)
by inserting immediately after the word “post” appearing at the end thereof the words “unless so required by the proper officer of customs”.
Clause 7
Repeal and re-enactment of section 34
Section 34 of the Customs Act is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Particulars of goods inward to be furnished
34. The master, owner or agent of every vessel and the pilot, owner or agent of every aircraft arriving in Singapore, and the station-master at the railway station on the arrival of every train, shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival of the vessel, aircraft or train, or within such further period as the Comptroller may in his discretion allow, furnish to the proper officer of customs at the customs office designated by the Comptroller a full and correct inward manifest, certified by such master, pilot, owner, agent or station-master, containing full particulars as to the quantities, marks and description of goods destined for Singapore and shall in the case of every vessel, aircraft or train, in like manner, furnish a full and correct manifest of goods in transit and a correct list of sea, air or railway stores on board the vessel, aircraft or train.”.
Clause 8
Amendment of section 35
Section 35 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by inserting immediately after the word “master” appearing in the second line of subsection (1) thereof the expression “, owner”;
(b)
by inserting immediately after the word “pilot” appearing in the third line of subsection (1) thereof the expression “, owner”;
(c)
by inserting immediately after the word “master” appearing in the tenth line of subsection (2) thereof the expression “, owner”; and
(d)
by inserting immediately after the word “pilot” appearing in the tenth line of subsection (2) thereof the expression “, owner”.
Clause 9
Amendment of section 37
Section 37 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the word “master” appearing in the sixth and in the seventh lines thereof in each case the expression “, owner”.
Clause 10
Repeal and re-enactment of sections 39 and 40
Sections 39 and 40 of the Customs Act are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: —“Goods not specified in the manifest to be deemed uncustomed
39. If dutiable goods, or goods in transit of a class dutiable on import, other than bona fide sea, air or railway stores, are found by a proper officer of customs in any vessel, aircraft or train in Singapore and such goods are not specified in the manifest of such vessel, aircraft or train, then such goods shall be deemed to be uncustomed goods and shall be liable to seizure and the vessel, aircraft or train may be detained by the proper officer of customs.Missing goods deemed to have been illegally landed
40. If in any vessel, aircraft or train in Singapore the quantity of dutiable goods, or goods of a class dutiable on import intended for transhipment or in transit, entered in the manifest or other document of such vessel, aircraft or train, is found missing and the deficiency is not accounted for to the satisfaction of the proper officer of customs, then the master, owner or agent of the vessel, or the pilot, owner or agent of the aircraft, or the station-master of the railway station, shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have illegally removed such goods and landed them in Singapore, and shall, without prejudice to any proceedings under this Act, be liable to pay forthwith to the proper officer of customs the duty leviable on the goods found deficient or missing and the vessel, aircraft or train may be detained by the proper officer of customs until such customs duty has been paid.”.
Clause 11
Amendment of section 42
Section 42 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (3) thereof the following new subsections: —“(4) All goods dutiable on import which are part of any air, sea or railway store on board —
(a)
a vessel or train shall be secured in a locked store specifically provided for the purpose; and
(b)
an aircraft shall be secured in a locked cabin box or other receptacle specifically provided for the purpose.(5) If any air, sea or railway stores are found in any place other than those stated in subsection (4) of this section such air, sea or railway stores shall be deemed to be uncustomed goods.”.
Clause 12
Amendment of section 43
Subsection (1) of section 43 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “dutiable goods shall be imported or” appearing in the first line thereof and substituting therefor the words “goods of a class dutiable on import shall be”.
Clause 13
Amendment of section 44
Section 44 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after subsection (2) thereof the following new subsection: —“(3) The Comptroller may, in his discretion, permit the storage of non-dutiable or duty-paid goods in a Government warehouse subject to such conditions as he may impose.”.
Clause 14
Amendment of section 48
Subsection (2) of section 48 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the word “dutiable” appearing in the third line thereof.
Clause 15
Amendment of section 61
Subsection (1) of section 61 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the word “dutiable” appearing in the first line thereof.
Clause 16
Amendment of section 64
Section 64 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting subsection (2) thereof; and
(b)
by renumbering subsections (3), (4) and (5) thereof as subsections (2), (3) and (4) respectively.
Clause 17
Amendment of section 65
Section 65 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “other than bottled beer” appearing in the fourth line of subsection (1) thereof; and
(b)
by deleting the words “or samsu shop or retail liquor shop” appearing in the second and third lines of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, beer house, samsu shop, retail liquor shop or retail beer shop”.
Clause 18
Amendment of section 67
Section 67 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by deleting the word “and” appearing at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (1) thereof;
(b)
by deleting the full-stop appearing at the end of paragraph (e) of subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor a semi-colon;
(c)
by inserting immediately after paragraph (e) of subsection (1) thereof the following new paragraphs: —“(f)retail beer shop licence for sale by retail of beer for consumption elsewhere than on the premises or at the place where it is sold; and
(g)
wholesale beer shop licence for sale by wholesale of beer.”; and
(d)
by inserting immediately after the word “retail” appearing in the fourth line of subsection (2) thereof the word “liquor”.
Clause 19
Amendment of section 70
Section 70 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the expression “(other than beer for consumption otherwise than on the premises of the vendor or at the place of sale)” appearing in the fifth and sixth lines thereof.
Clause 20
Amendment of section 74
Section 74 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the word “paid” appearing in the third line of paragraph (d) thereof the words “or within such further period as may be approved by the Comptroller”.
Clause 21
Amendment of section 82
Section 82 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the figures “77” appearing in the sixth line of subsection (3) thereof and substituting therefor the figures “78”.
Clause 22
Amendment of section 84
Section 84 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately at the end thereof the following new sentence: —“Such officer of customs may specify the customs office or station or other place at which such person is required to give information or produce documents.”.
Clause 23
Amendment of section 91
Section 91 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the words “at the request of any person and” appearing in the fourth line thereof.
Clause 24
Amendment of section 94
Section 94 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) Whenever it appears to any Magistrate, or any senior officer of customs not below the rank of Senior Superintendent of Customs and Excise, upon information and after any inquiry which he may think necessary, that there is reasonable cause to believe that in any dwelling-house, shop or other building or place, there are concealed or deposited any —
(a)
dutiable or uncustomed goods; or
(b)
goods liable to forfeiture under this Act or any regulations made thereunder; or
(c)
goods as to which any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder has been committed; or
(d)
books or documents directly or indirectly relating to any transaction or dealing in any of the aforesaid goods,such Magistrate or senior officer of customs may issue a warrant authorising any officer of customs, named therein, by day or by night and with or without assistance —
(i)
to enter such dwelling-house, shop, or other building or place and there to search for and seize any goods reasonably suspected of being dutiable or uncustomed goods, or goods liable to forfeiture under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, or goods as to which any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder is suspected to have been committed, or any books or documents which may reasonably be believed to be directly or indirectly relating to any transaction or dealing in any of the aforesaid goods; and
(ii)
to arrest any person or persons being in such dwelling-house, shop, building or place, in whose possession such goods, books or documents as aforesaid may be found, or whom such officer may reasonably suspect to have concealed or deposited such goods, books or documents.”.
Clause 25
Amendment of section 96
Section 96 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the figures “95” appearing in the twelfth line thereof and substituting therefor the figures “94”.
Clause 26
Amendment of section 98
Subsection (1) of section 98 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the figures “95” appearing in the fourth line thereof and substituting therefor the figures “94”.
Clause 27
New section 99A
The Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 99 thereof the following new section: —“Road barrier99A.—
(1)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, any senior officer of customs may, if he considers it necessary so to do for the prevention of smuggling of dutiable goods or detection of revenue evasion, erect or place barriers in or across any public road or street or in any public place in such manner as he may think fit and may take all reasonable steps to prevent any vehicle being driven or ridden past any such barrier.(2) Any driver or rider of any vehicle who fails to comply with the signal of an officer of customs requiring such person to stop his vehicle before reaching any barrier referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to both such imprisonment and fine.(3) Any officer of customs may, without warrant, arrest any driver or rider referred to in subsection (2) of this section unless he gives his name, identity card number and a place of address within Singapore and if such officer of customs has reason to believe that the name and address so given by the driver or rider is false he may exercise such power of arrest and detention or seizure of the vehicle.(4) No officer of customs shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting to any vehicle or for any injury to the driver or rider or any other occupant of such vehicle or pillion rider as a result of any barrier erected by any officer of customs in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section.”.
Clause 28
New section 109A
The Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after section 109 thereof the following new section: —“Government Chemist certificate109A.—
(1)
A certificate purporting to be signed by a Government Chemist and purporting to be a report by him upon any matter or thing duly submitted to him for examination or analysis may be used as evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Act on its production by the prosecution without proof of signature and shall be prima facie evidence of all matters contained therein.(2) Where the accused person desires to examine a Government Chemist on his report he may require the court to summon that Chemist to give evidence and the court shall thereupon summon that Chemist as a witness for the prosecution.(3) A Government Chemist shall be bound to state the truth in a report made under his hand.”.
Clause 29
Amendment of section 117
Subsection (1) of section 117 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the word “one” appearing in the fifth line thereof and substituting therefor the word “two”.
Clause 30
Amendment of section 119
Section 119 of the Customs Act is hereby amended —
(a)
by inserting immediately after the word “particular” appearing in the last line of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) thereof the words “or which is incomplete by omitting any material particular therefrom”;
(b)
by inserting immediately after the word “particular” appearing in the last line of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) thereof the words “or which is incomplete by omitting any material particular therefrom”;
(c)
by inserting immediately after paragraph (c) of subsection (1) thereof the following new paragraph: —“(d)being required by this Act to make a declaration of the value of dutiable goods imported into or manufactured in Singapore for the purpose of assessment of customs duty, fails to make such declaration as required or makes such declaration which is untrue or incorrect in any particular or which is incomplete by omitting any material particular therefrom; or”;
(d)
by re-lettering paragraphs (d), (e) and (f) of subsection (1) thereof as paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) respectively;
(e)
by inserting immediately after the word “dollars” appearing in the penultimate line of subsection (1) thereof the expression “or the equivalent of the exact amount of customs duty or tax payable, whichever is the greater,”;
(f)
by deleting the expression “and (c)” appearing in the third line of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “, (c) and (d)”; and
(g)
by inserting immediately after the word “incorrect” appearing in the fourth line of subsection (2) thereof the words “or incomplete”.
Clause 31
Amendment of section 127
Section 127 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the word “assaults” appearing in the first line of paragraph (a) thereof the expression “, abuses”.
Clause 32
Amendment of section 129
Section 129 of the Customs Act is hereby amended by deleting the word “two” appearing in the last line thereof and substituting therefor the word “three”.
Common questions
- What is Customs (Amendment) Bill?
- Customs (Amendment) Bill is Singapore Bill, cited as Bill 21 1974, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1974.
- Is Customs (Amendment) Bill still in force?
- Yes — Customs (Amendment) Bill is currently in force.
- When did Customs (Amendment) Bill take effect?
- Customs (Amendment) Bill was first recorded in 1974.
- How many clauses does Customs (Amendment) Bill have?
- Customs (Amendment) Bill contains 32 clauses.
- Where can I read the official version of Customs (Amendment) Bill?
- The official text of Customs (Amendment) Bill is published at sso.agc.gov.sg.