Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Chapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of Goods

10. When goods deemed to be imported
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(1)For the purposes of this Act all goods consigned to or brought into the Republic shall be deemed to have been imported into the Republic—
(a)in the case of goods consigned to a place in the Republic in a ship or aircraft, at the time when such ship or aircraft on the voyage or flight in question, first came within the control area of the port or airport authority at that place, or at the time of the landing of such goods at the place of actual discharge thereof in the Republic if such ship or aircraft did not on that voyage or flight call at the place to which the goods were consigned or if such goods were discharged before arrival of such ship or aircraft at the place to which such goods were consigned;
(b)in the case of goods not consigned to a place in the Republic but brought thereto by and landed therein from a ship or aircraft, at the time when such goods were so landed;
(c)subject to the provisions of subsection (2), in the case of goods brought to the Republic overland, at the time when such goods entered the Republic;
(d)in the case of goods brought to the Republic by post, at the time of importation in terms of paragraph (a), (b) or (c) according to the means of carriage of such goods; and
(e)in the case of goods brought to the Republic in any manner not specified in this section, at the time specified in the General Notes to Schedule No. 1 or, if no such time is specified in the said General Notes in respect of the goods in question, at the time such goods are considered by the Commissioner to have entered the Republic.

 

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), a place outside the Republic deemed by the Commissioner under section 6(1A) or 50A to be a place of entry for goods consigned to the Republic, shall be deemed to be a place in the Republic in respect of goods consigned to or entered at such place for removal to the Republic overland.