States of Malaya Customs Duties Collection Regulations

These Regulations may be cited as the States of Malaya Customs Duties Collection Regulations.

In these Regulations —“handling charges” means charges which are levied on goods weighed or otherwise handled by a Federal officer of customs for the purpose of assessing the customs duties payable thereon;“warehouse rent” means the rent payable on goods deposited or stored within the area of any collection station in any building or part of a building under the control of the Collector at the rates specified in regulation 11.

That part of the Malayan Railway Reserve known as Lot No. 2092, T.S. 23, Lease No. 4866, shall be a collection station for the purposes of the Act.

The hours of opening mentioned in regulation 4 may be extended as provided for in regulation 7 subject to the following conditions:

The rate of overtime fees payable shall be as follows: For overtime worked between the following hours.Rate in relation to scale shown in regulation 6.Minimum period.Mondays to Fridays…6.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m.as per scaleone hour. 3.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.as per scaleone hour.Any day…6.00 p.m. to 6.00 a.m.double the scaletwo hours.Saturdays…6.00 a.m. to 8.30 a.m.as per scaleone hour. 12 noon to 6.00 p.m.as per scaleone hour.Sundays and public holidays…6.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.one and one half of the scale:two hours:Provided that —

When overtime work is requested in accordance with regulation 5 and the request is not cancelled before the closing hour of the day on which overtime work was requested, the person who made the request shall pay overtime fees for the minimum period of time at the rates laid down in regulation 7 for the various hours.

Handling charges shall be paid by the importer or the exporter or the consignor or the consignee or the agent of any one of them at the rate of $1.65 per tonne reckoned on the gross packed weight of the goods.

Fees for services rendered by a Federal officer of customs shall be as follows:(1) provision and certification of a copy of a duty receipt, import declaration or export declaration $2 a copy(2) certification of any document at the request of an importer, exporter, consignor, consignee or the agent of any one of them $1 a copy(3) attendance of a Federal officer of customs outside the limits of the collection station in connection with the import or export of any goods at the request of the owner of the goods or of his agent $3 per hour or part of an hour to be calculated from the time of leaving the collection station until time of return.

The forms set out in the Schedule shall be used for the respective purposes therein mentioned with such variations as the circumstances of each case may require.