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Formal Consolidation |  Amended Act 25 of 2011
Customs ticket notice
125A.—(1)  Where an officer of customs has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under this Act which is prescribed as an offence to which this section applies, he may, in lieu of applying to a court for a summons, immediately serve upon that person a prescribed notice requiring that person to attend at the court described, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.
(2)  A duplicate of the notice shall be prepared by the officer of customs and, if so required by a court, produced to the court.
(3)  The notice may be served on the person alleged to have committed the offence in the manner provided by section 92(1).
(4)  On an accused person appearing before a court pursuant to such a notice, the court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (Act 15 of 2010).
(5)  If a person, upon whom such a notice has been served, fails to appear before a court in person or by counsel in accordance therewith, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was duly served, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person unless, in the case of an offence which may be compounded, that person has before that date been permitted to compound the offence.
(6)  Upon a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) being produced before a court, it shall —
(a)proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; and
(b)at the conclusion of the proceedings, call upon him to show cause why he should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice served upon him.
(7)  If cause is not shown under subsection (6)(b), the court may order a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) to pay such fine not exceeding $2,000 as it thinks fit or may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months.
(8)  A senior officer of customs or an officer empowered with the power of senior officer of customs may, at any time before the date specified in the notice, cancel the notice.
[Act 25 of 2011 wef 01/01/2013]
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 3 of 2014
Customs ticket notice
125A.—(1)  Where an officer of customs has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under this Act which is prescribed as an offence to which this section applies, he may, in lieu of applying to a court for a summons, immediately serve upon that person a prescribed notice requiring that person to attend at the court described, at the hour and on the date specified in the notice.
(2)  A duplicate of the notice shall be prepared by the officer of customs and, if so required by a court, produced to the court.
(3)  The notice may be served on the person alleged to have committed the offence in the manner provided by section 92(1).
(4)  On an accused person appearing before a court pursuant to such a notice, the court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010 (Act 15 of 2010).
(5)  If a person, upon whom such a notice has been served, fails to appear before a court in person or by counsel in accordance therewith, the court may, if satisfied that the notice was duly served, issue a warrant for the arrest of the person unless, in the case of an offence which may be compounded, that person has before that date been permitted to compound the offence.
(6)  Upon a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) being produced before a court, it shall —
(a)proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance of section 153 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010; and
(b)at the conclusion of the proceedings, call upon him to show cause why he should not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the notice served upon him.
(7)  If cause is not shown under subsection (6)(b), the court may order a person arrested pursuant to a warrant issued under subsection (5) to pay such fine not exceeding $2,000 as it thinks fit or may commit him to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months.
(8)  A senior officer of customs or an officer empowered with the power of senior officer of customs may, at any time before the date specified in the notice, cancel the notice.
[Act 25 of 2011 wef 01/01/2013]