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Free Trade Zones Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Operations Permitted Within Free Trade Zone

10A. Offences and penalties under this Part

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

Any person who fails to comply with a direction given by a licensed FTZ operator under section 5(2), or who fails to comply with section 6(1), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to —

(a)

a fine not exceeding the greater of the following:

(i)

$10,000;

(ii)

the sum total of the customs duty and tax on the goods to which the non-compliance relates; or

(b)

imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months,or to both.

(2)

Any person who contravenes section 8 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

(3)

Any person who contravenes section 9 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to —

(a)

a fine not exceeding the greater of the following:

(i)

$10,000;

(ii)

the sum total of the customs duty and tax on the goods to which the contravention relates; or

(b)

imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months,or to both.

(4)

Any person who contravenes section 10(1) or a written order of the Director-General under section 10(2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.