Trade Marks (Border Enforcement Measures) Rules

These Rules may be cited as the Trade Marks (Border Enforcement Measures) Rules.

In these Rules —“authorised officer” and “Director‑General” have the meanings given by section 81 of the Act;“dealer” means the importer, exporter or consignee of the goods seized under section 93A of the Act;“officer of customs” has the meaning given by section 3(1) of the Customs Act (Cap. 70).

A notice to the Director-General under section 82(1) of the Act shall be delivered to the Singapore Customs —

A person who has given a notice under section 82(1) of the Act to the Director-General shall, as and when required by the Director-General, give to the Director-General such information and evidence within such time and in such form as the Director-General may reasonably require.

A person who has given a notice under section 82(1) of the Act to the Director‑General must notify the Director‑General in writing of any change in the particulars specified in the notice or affecting the notice within 7 days of the change, and provide any document and information in relation to the change that the Director‑General may reasonably require.

An authorised officer may refuse to seize goods to which a notice under section 82(1) of the Act relates if the person who has given the notice fails to comply with —

For the purposes of section 85(2)(a) of the Act, the prescribed period is 10 working days after the day specified in the notice mentioned in section 85(1) of the Act.

For the purposes of subsection (6) of section 85 of the Act, the prescribed period is 10 working days after the end of the initial period mentioned in that subsection.

For the purposes of section 87(1) of the Act, the prescribed written undertakings are that the importer or exporter (as the case may be) must —

[Deleted by S 750/2019 wef 21/11/2019]

For the purposes of section 93B(1) of the Act, the prescribed period is 48 hours after the date of the written notice mentioned in section 93A(3) of the Act.

A notice to the Director-General under section 93B(1) of the Act must be delivered to the Singapore Customs during any time that the office of the Singapore Customs is open for business.

A person who has given a notice under section 93B(1) of the Act to the Director‑General must, as and when required by the Director‑General, give to the Director‑General any information and evidence within any time and in any form that the Director‑General may reasonably require.

A person who has given a notice under section 93B(1) of the Act to the Director‑General must notify the Director‑General in writing of any change in the particulars specified in the notice or affecting the notice within 7 days of the change, and provide any document and information in relation to the change that the Director‑General may reasonably require.

The Director-General may release the seized goods in relation to which a notice has been given under section 93B(1) of the Act to the dealer concerned, if the person who gave the notice fails to comply with —

For the purposes of section 93C(1)(a) of the Act, the prescribed period is 10 working days after the day specified in the notice mentioned in section 93C(1) of the Act.

For the purposes of section 85(6) of the Act as applied by section 93C(2) of the Act, the prescribed period is 10 working days after the end of the initial period mentioned in section 85(6) of the Act.

For the purposes of section 93F(1) of the Act, the prescribed written undertakings are that the dealer must —