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296A PDFTitle:RESERVED COMMODITIES (CONTROL OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RESERVE STOCKS) REGULATIONSGazette Number:L.N. 35 of 2003; L.N. 105 of 2003
Regulation:5Heading:Delivery of import licence and manifest to the DirectorVersion Date:11/04/2003

(1) Subject to regulation 6, a person to whom an import licence for a reserved commodity has been issued shall present the licence to the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the reserved commodity is imported within 7 days after the reserved commodity is imported.
(2) On presentation of an import licence pursuant to paragraph (1), the owner of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the reserved commodity has been imported-

        (a) may release the reserved commodity to the consignee, if he is satisfied that he is not prohibited from doing so under any condition of the import licence; and
        (b) shall, within 7 days after receiving the import licence-
          (i) deliver the import licence to the Director; and
          (ii) deliver to the Director, using a recognized electronic service, a copy or extract of the manifest of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle in or on which the reserved commodity was imported. (L.N. 35 of 2003)
(3) The requirement under paragraph (2)(b)(ii) is deemed to have been complied with if at the time of delivering the import licence under paragraph (2)(b)(i) the manifest has been lodged with the Commissioner, or with an officer appointed by the Commissioner, in compliance with regulation 11 of the Import and Export (Registration) Regulations (Cap 60 sub. leg. E) and was so lodged using services provided by a specified body as specified in regulation 11(1)(d) of those Regulations. (L.N. 35 of 2003; L.N. 105 of 2003)