Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 6) Order 2003

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 19 Dec 2003

No. S 600

Customs Act

(Chapter 70)

Customs (Duties) (Amendment No. 6) Order 2003

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. 6) Order 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2004.

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)(f);

(b)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (g) of sub-paragraph (1) and substituting the word “; and”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(h)	United States of America.”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (4D), the following sub-paragraph:

“(4E) Goods shall be deemed to have originated from and be consigned direct from the United States of America where they conform with the Rules of Origin set out in the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.”;

(d)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (5)(d); and

(e)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of sub-paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (5) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub-paragraph:

“(f)	where the goods are from the United States of America, a declaration made by the importer based on his knowledge or on information in his possession that the goods originate from the United States of America.”.

[G.N. Nos. S 467/97; S87/98; S 571/98; S 13/99; S 72/2000; S 620/2000; S 98/2001; S 510/2001; S1/2002; S 201/2002; S 202/2002; S 203/2002; S566/2002; S 678/2002; S 24/2003; S 103/2003; S 150/2003; S 270/2003; S 347/2003]

Made this 17th day of December 2003.

LIM SIONG GUAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.

[MF(R) R31.1.04 Vol. 4; Customs (Conf) 0126/53/V20; AG/LEG/SL/70/2002/1 Vol. 3]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 143(2) of the Customs Act).

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