Free Trade Zones Act 1966 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3B · Regulation of Free Trade Zone Cargo Handlers, Shipping Agents and Air Cargo Agents
14N. Shipping agents and air cargo agents to give information on movement of goods
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This section applies to any shipping agent or air cargo agent, or a shipping agent or air cargo agent within any class of shipping agents or air cargo agents, that may be prescribed in relation to any goods —
goods
“goods” includes animals, birds, fish, plants and all kinds of movable property;
brought or intended to be brought into a free trade zone; or
brought or intended to be brought out of a free trade zone.
The shipping agent or air cargo agent must give to the FTZ cargo handler at the free trade zone providing the service or facility for the storing, processing or handling of the goods, any information, specified by the Director-General, that is contained in the bill of lading or airway bill (as the case may be) for those goods, in the form and manner and within the time specified by the Director-General.
free trade zone
“free trade zone” means any area declared to be a free trade zone under section 3(1);
Any shipping agent or air cargo agent who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.