COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905 - SECT 13 Exportation of falsely marked goods

COMMERCE (TRADE DESCRIPTIONS) ACT 1905 - SECT 13

  (1)   Goods to which any false trade description is applied are prohibited to be exported.

  (2)   Subject to subsection   ( 3), goods to which a false trade description has been applied that are entered for export, put on board any ship for export or brought to any wharf or place for export, are forfeited to the Crown.

  (3)   If the Comptroller - General of Customs is satisfied that entry for export, putting on board a ship for export or bringing to a wharf or place for export, of goods to which a false trade description has been applied was not intentional or reckless:

  (a)   the Comptroller - General of Customs may, by notice in writing given to the owner or exporter of the goods concerned, require the owner or exporter:

  (i)   to correct the false trade description before the exportation of those goods and within a period specified in the notice; or

  (ii)   to withdraw that entry, to remove the goods from that ship, or to remove the goods from that wharf or place, as the case requires, within the period so specified; and

  (b)   if the owner or exporter complies with the notice, subsection   ( 2) does not apply in respect of the goods.