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Regulation 6

of Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations

Regulation 6

Prohibited goods

Amended byS 425/2017 wef 31/07/2017S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017S 425/2017 wef 31/07/2017S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017S 633/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017S 183/2022 wef 16/03/2022S 633/2003 wef 01/01/2004

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 425/2017 wef 31/07/2017S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017

Despite regulations 3 and 5A, there shall be no —

(a)

[Deleted by S 692/2018 wef 17/10/2018](b)importation into, exportation from, transhipment in or transit through Singapore of any goods which will contravene the decisions of the United Nations Security Council in resolutions made under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26th June 1945; or

(c)

importation into, exportation from or transhipment in Singapore of any goods that is prohibited under any other regulations made under the Act or any other written law.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 425/2017 wef 31/07/2017S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017

Despite regulations 3 and 5A, there shall be no —

(a)

[Deleted by S 692/2018 wef 17/10/2018](b)[Deleted by S 692/2018 wef 17/10/2018](c)in relation to a country or territory specified in the first column of the Seventh Schedule —

(i)

importation into, transhipment in, or transit through, Singapore of any goods falling within the class or description specified in the second column of that Schedule from that country or territory, whether or not the goods originated from that country or territory; or

(ii)

exportation from, transhipment in, or transit through, Singapore of any goods falling within the class or description specified in the third column of that Schedule, if the destination is or is intended to be that country or territory, whether or not the goods originated in Singapore,(d)[Deleted by S 425/2017 wef 31/07/2017]unless otherwise permitted under the resolutions referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 633/2003 wef 01/01/2004S 645/2017 wef 08/11/2017

Despite regulations 3 and 5A, where a preferential tariff arrangement or agreement exists between Singapore and a foreign country specified in the first column of the Sixth Schedule, there shall be no exportation from Singapore to such foreign country of any goods specified in the second column of that Schedule unless the conditions specified in the third column thereof are satisfied.

Subregulation 2B

Amended byS 183/2022 wef 16/03/2022

Despite regulations 3 and 5A, there must be no exportation from, transhipment in, or transit through, Singapore of any goods falling within the class or description specified in the Eighth Schedule, if the destination is or intended to be Russia, whether or not the goods originated in Singapore.

Subregulation 3

Any person who contravenes this regulation shall be guilty of an offence.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 633/2003 wef 01/01/2004

In this regulation, “foreign country” means a country or territory outside Singapore.