No. S 566
Customs Act
(Chapter 70)
Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 5) Order 2002
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) of the Customs Act, the Minister for Finance hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 5) Order 2002 and shall come into operation on 30th November 2002.
Amendment of paragraph 4
2.  Paragraph 4 of the Customs (Duties) Order (O 4) is amended —
(a)by deleting the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (1)(c);
(b)by deleting the words “any other country of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)” in the 1st and 2nd lines of sub-paragraph (1)(d) and substituting the words “any country of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), other than the Philippines and Thailand,”;
(c)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:
(e)Japan.”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (4), the following sub-paragraph:
(4A)  Goods shall be deemed to have originated from and be consigned direct from Japan where they conform with the Rules of Origin set out in the Agreement between Japan and Singapore for a New-Age Economic Partnership.”;
(e)by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (5)(a);
(f)by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (5) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:
(c)where the goods are from Japan, a Certificate of Origin in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule issued by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.”; and
(g)by deleting sub-paragraph (7) and substituting the following sub-paragraphs:
(7)  The requirement of a Certificate of Origin under sub-paragraph (5)(c) in respect of a consignment of goods shall be waived if the value of the consignment does not exceed 200,000 Yen in value.
(8)  The Director-General may refuse to accept duty at preferential rate if he considers that the goods for which preferential treatment is claimed do not satisfy any of the requirements in this Order regarding eligibility for preferential rate of duty.”.
New Fourth Schedule
3.  The Customs (Duties) Order is amended by inserting, immediately after the Third Schedule, the following Schedule:
FOURTH SCHEDULE
Paragraph 4(5)(c)
UNKNOWN
[G.N. Nos. S 467/97; S87/98; S 571/98; S 13/99; S 72/2000; S620/2000; S 98/2001; S 510/2001; S 1/2002; S 201/2002; S 202/2002; S 203/2002”.]

Made this 1st day of November 2002.

LIM SIONG GUAN
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[MF(R) R7.2.002 V25; AG/LEG/SL/70/2002/1 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).