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Formal Consolidation |  2004 RevEd
Reimposition of customs duty or excise duty
14.—(1)  If any goods, on which customs duty or excise duty has not been paid by reason of an exemption granted under section 13, cease to comply with the conditions subject to which the exemption was granted or cease to be kept or used by the person or for the purposes qualifying them for the exemption, those goods shall, upon such cesser, become liable to the customs duty or excise duty to which they would have been liable if they had not been the subject of an exemption.
[33/2000]
(2)  The person to whom the exemption was granted and any person found in possession of those goods shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the customs duty or excise duty.
[33/2000]
(3)  If any goods, which are liable to customs duty or excise duty under subsection (1) and on which customs duty or excise duty has not been paid, are found in the possession or on the premises of any person other than the person authorised to possess them under the terms of the exemption, those goods shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be uncustomed goods.
[33/2000]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 29 of 2018
Reimposition of customs duty or excise duty
14.—(1)  If —
(a)customs duty or excise duty is not paid on any goods by reason of an exemption granted under section 13; and
(b)any condition to which the exemption is subject is contravened,
then the goods, upon the contravention, become liable to customs duty or excise duty in accordance with the rate and valuation (if any) specified in the exemption.
[Act 29 of 2018 wef 03/09/2021]
(1A)  For the purpose of subsection (1), the rate and valuation (if any) specified in the exemption must be those —
(a)that would have applied if not for the exemption; or
(b)in force on the date on which the condition of the exemption is contravened.
[Act 29 of 2018 wef 03/09/2021]
(2)  The person to whom the exemption was granted and any person found in possession of those goods shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the customs duty or excise duty.
[33/2000]
(3)  If any goods, which are liable to customs duty or excise duty under subsection (1) and on which customs duty or excise duty has not been paid, are found in the possession or on the premises of any person other than the person authorised to possess them under the terms of the exemption, those goods shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be uncustomed goods.
[33/2000]