Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)Chapter III : Importation, Exportation and Transit and Coastwise Carriage of Goods6A. Special provisions in respect of customs controlled areas |
| (1) | The Commissioner may control the importation, exportation, manufacture or use of goods and the movement of persons or goods in a custom controlled area. |
| (2) | The Commissioner may after consultation with any person or authority who administers any activity in any custom controlled area, determine the manner in which any such controlled area— |
| (a) | must be secured; and |
| (b) | must be signposted so as to give persons present in the area a clear indication that it is an area under customs control. |
| (3) |
| (a) | An officer stationed at an entrance or exit contemplated in section 6(1)(h) may stop any person from entering or leaving a customs controlled area and he or she may search such person or a vehicle under control of such person. |
| (b) | If such person fails to stop, the officer may take such action, including the use of force, as may reasonably be necessary to stop such person or vehicle. |
| (4) | Any person entering, leaving or present in a customs controlled area must comply with such controls and procedures as the Commissioner may prescribe by rule. |
| (5) | The Commissioner may by rule— |
| (a) | specify the limits of any customs controlled area; |
| (b) | prescribe— |
| (i) | any conditions relating to the entry or exit of goods and persons into or from a customs controlled area; |
| (ii) | measures relating to the appropriate identification of persons entering, present in or leaving a customs controlled area; |
| (iii) | any other matter which is necessary to prescribe or useful to achieve the efficient and effective control of goods and persons in a customs controlled area. |