Chapter:	362	Title:	Trade Descriptions Ordinance	Gazette Number:	E.R. 2 of 2012
Section:	30C	Heading:	Issuance of detention order	Version Date:	02/08/2012

(1) Where, on the hearing of an application made under section 30B, the owner presents adequate evidence to satisfy the Court of First Instance that the goods in question are prima facie infringing goods, the Court of First Instance may make an order directing the Commissioner or an authorized officer to take reasonable measures to seize or detain the goods on or after their importation. (Amended 35 of 2000 s. 98)
(2) The Court of First Instance may require the owner of the trade mark to provide security or an equivalent assurance in an amount sufficient to protect the importer and any other person having an interest in the goods to be detained, including the consignor and consignee, from any loss or damage that may be incurred in the event that the detention is wrongful or the goods are released to the importer under section 30D(6). (Amended 35 of 2000 s. 98)
(3) A detention order may contain such terms and conditions as the Court of First Instance considers appropriate.
(4) The Court of First Instance shall not make a detention order with respect to any goods that have been seized or detained by, and that are in the custody of, the Commissioner or an authorized officer pursuant to any law.
(5) Where the Commissioner or an authorized officer seizes or detains any goods pursuant to any law, other than this Part, any detention order made with respect to those goods shall cease to have effect.
(6) Where the Court of First Instance makes a detention order, the owner of the trade mark shall forthwith serve a copy of the order on the Commissioner. (Amended 35 of 2000 s. 98)
(7) A detention order has effect from the date on which it is made or such later date as may be specified by the Court of First Instance and shall cease to have effect 60 days from that date unless the Commissioner or an authorized officer has, pursuant to the order and within that period, seized or detained any goods to which the order applies.