| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (6) no person shall import into the Republic— |
| (b) | anything determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, |
except on the authority of a permit.
| (2) | A person importing controlled goods into the Republic on the authority of a permit |
| (a) | shall do so only through a prescribed port of entry , except where an executive officer has determined some other place; |
| (b) | shall present them at that place to the executive officer concerned for such inspection as he deems necessary; |
| (c) | shall not remove them from that place before the executive officer concerned has consented in writing thereto |
[Section 3(2) substituted by section 3 of Act No. 9 of 1992]
| (3) | An executive officer may, on application by a person importing controlled goods and against payment of the prescribed fees— |
| (a) | carry out an inspection contemplated in subsection (2)(b) at a time other than during the official office hours of such executive officer; or |
| (b) | perform any other function in respect of such controlled goods |
[Section 3(3) substituted by section 3 of Act No. 9 of 1992]
| (4) | The Minister may by notice in the Gazette determine that any controlled goods or class of controlled goods be imported into the Republic without a permit, subject to conditions set out in that notice. |
| (5) | The Minister may import into the Republic exotic animals of a specified kind, or pathogens or insects of a kind not indigenous to the Republic, if he is of the opinion that the presence thereof in the Republic— |
| (a) | is desirable in order to combat the occurrence of plants, pathogens, insects or exotic animals of a specified kind in the Republic; |
| (b) | is otherwise in the interest of a specified branch of agriculture. |
| (6) | The Minister may by notice in the Gazette determine controlled goods or a class of controlled goods in respect of which a permit for their importation into the Republic may not be issued. |
