Customs Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES.

1928. No. 47.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901‑1925.

(Fifth Amendment.)

I, THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901‑1925, operating on and from 1st January, 1928.

Statutory Rules 1927 No. 95 of 17th August 1927 are hereby cancelled.

Dated this fifth day of June, 1928.

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendment of Customs Regulations Statutory Rules 1926, No. 203, as Amended to this Date.)

1. Regulation 24 of the Customs Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub‑regulations:—

(2) The personal baggage of each passenger shall be landed immediately on the arrival of the vessel at the port of destination of that passenger and shall not be permitted to remain on board pending the convenience of the passenger.

(3) Each passenger arriving from a port beyond the Commonwealth shall make a declaration in accordance with Form 5A setting out the number and description of the packages comprising his baggage, the nature of their contents, and particulars in detail regarding all goods which:

(a) are intended for gift, sale, exchange, or trade; or

(b) are landed for any other person; or

(c) are his own property but are not his bona fide personal effects.

Provided that it shall not be necessary for a married woman travelling with her husband and disembarking at the same port, or a child under the age of eighteen years travelling with its parent or guardian, to make a separate declaration but particulars relating to the baggage of the married woman or child shall be included in the declaration made by the husband, parent or guardian, as the case may be; provided also that in no case shall any person under the age of eighteen, years be required to make a declaration.

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(4) “Personal Effects” means personal effects as determined from time to time by the Comptroller‑General and notified in the Gazette, and does not include any articles determined by the Comptroller‑General not to be personal effects and so notified in the Gazette.

2. After Form 5 in the Schedule to the Customs Regulations the following form is inserted:—

[Front of Form]

Form 5a.

Commonwealth of Australia.

PASSENGER'S BAGGAGE DECLARATION.

Note.—Each passenger except married women travelling (and disembarking) with their husbands, and except children under eighteen years of age, must make this declaration.

* If a returning resident of the Commonwealth insert Australian address; if otherwise, insert proposed Australian address.

I..................................................................of*......................................................................................................................................(occupation).................................................................................. having read the notes on the back of this form do hereby declare—

†Delete whole or part if inapplicable.

1. That I travelled from..................................................................... to Australia per the ship........................................... disembarking at the port of.............................................

2. † That I was accompanied on the voyage by my wife and the undermentioned children under eighteen years of age:—

§ Delete which not applicable.

who is§/are disembarking at the same port as myself.

‡ Delete if not applicable.

3. ‡ That I am making this declaration on behalf of the persons mentioned in paragraph 2 as well as on my own behalf.

4. That I am §/ we are not proceeding further on the said ship on her present voyage.

5. That the baggage hereinafter set out comprises the whole of my§/our baggage landed or to be landed from the ship:—

6. That the whole of the said baggage has been or will be landed at the port or port of........................................................and is being or will be presented to the Customs Authorities for examination.

7. That the goods listed hereunder comprise all articles in the said baggage which—

(a) are intended for gift sale, exchange, or trade; or

(b) are being landed for any other person; or

(c) are my§/our own property but are not bona fide personal effects.

(a) Goods Intended for Gift, Sale, Exchange or Trade.

(b) Goods Landed for any other Person.

§ Delete which not applicable.

 (c) Goods my§/our own Property but not my§/our Bona Fide Personal Effects.

§ Delete which not applicable.

8. That all the articles contained in the said baggage except those listed in the preceding paragraph are my§/our bona fide personal effect for my§/our own use.

9. That no articles have been or are being landed surreptitiously by or for me or by or for any person to whose baggage this declaration relates.

10. That nothing on my§/our part or on the part of any person on my§/our behalf has been done, concealed or suppressed whereby the Commonwealth may be defrauded of any duty that may be due on any of the contents of my§/our baggage.

Signature of Passenger……………………………….

Declared before me at (port)

date

.......................................Customs Officer.

For official use only.

The............................................................packages abovementioned have been examined by me and found to contain..................................

Duty amounting to........................................paid by

Receipt No............................of...............................

Warrant No..........................of.................................

Date...................... ..................Customs Officer.

Note.—The attention of passengers is drawn to the undermentioned sections of the Customs Act:—

Section 234. (c)—“No person shall make in any declaration or document produced to any Officer any statement which is untrue in any particular, or produce, or deliver to any Officer any declaration or document containing any such statement.”

Section 234 (g)—“No person shall refuse or fail to answer questions or to produce documents.”

(Penalty—£100).

The wilful failure to declare dutiable articles renders the goods liable to seizure and subjects the passenger upon whose person or in whose baggage they are found to the penalties provided for by the law.

[Please Turn Over.]

[Back of Form.]

(Here insert notes for the guidance of passengers.)

By Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.