REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

INTERIM GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
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CUSTOMS ACT (BUDGET AMENDMENT) (No. 2) PROMULGATION 2007 
(PROMULGATION NO. 41 OF 2007)

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon the Interim Government, and upon the exercise of my own deliberate judgement as President of the Republic of the Fiji Islands as to what is best and good for the people of Fiji, and by the executive authority of the State in accordance with section 85 of the Constitution and such other powers as may appertain, and with the advice of Cabinet, I, Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, make this Promulgation - 

TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS ACT 1986

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Customs Act (Budget Amendment) (No. 2) Promulgation 2007, and comes into force on 23rd November 2007.

Section 52 amended

2. Section 52 of the Act is amended by:

(a) inserting subsection "(1)" immediately before the beginning of the word "If" in line 1 of this section;

(b) inserting the words "but excluding goods specified in subsection (2)" immediately after the comma after "goods" in line 1;

(c) inserting the following new subsection (2) after the word "Section 63":

"(2) If the owner does not lawfully remove goods falling within chapters 84 and 87 of the Customs Tariff schedule in Schedule 2 to the Customs Tariff Act, as identified by the Comptroller from time to time, within four months of the date of their deposit in the warehouse, the Comptroller may, after giving one month's notice of his intention, proceed to sell the goods in the prescribed manner or otherwise dispose of the goods, and the proceeds of any sale of such goods shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of Section 63."

(d) Deleting the proviso paragraph and substituting the following:

"Provided that the Comptroller may in his discretion allow any goods, except those goods specified in subsection (2), to be re-warehoused by the owner for a further period not exceeding one year.

Given under my hand this 23rd day of November 2007.

J. I. ULUIVUDA
President of the Republic of Fiji