East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 - VERTIC

No. 1 East African Community Customs Management 2005Licensinginternalcontainerdepot14.-(1) The Commissioner may, on application, license any internalcontainer depot for the deposit of goods subject to Customs control,and the Commissioner may refuse to issue any such licence and mayat any time revoke any licence which has been issued.(2) The Commissioner shall give reasons for his or her refusal togrant a licence or for revoking a licence under subsection (1).(3) The owner of an internal container depot shall-(a) provide such office accommodation and weights, scales,measures, and other facilities, for examining and takingaccount of goods and for securing them as the properofficer may require;(b) keep a record of all goods in the depot and shall keep suchrecord at all times available for examination by the properofficer;(c) provide all necessary labour and materials for the storing,examining, packing, marking coopering, weighing, andtaking stock of goods in internal container depot wheneverthe proper officer so requires;(d) maintain such records and accounts relating to goods and tooperations, in such form and manner, as the proper officershall require; and keep such records and accounts at alltimes available for examination by the proper officer.(e) any other requirement as may be specified by theCommissioner.(4) Where any internal container depot owner contravenes thissection, the Commissioner may direct that no other goods shall be keptin the depot until the owner has, in the opinion of the Commissioner,complied with this section.(5) The owner of an internal container depot who contravenes anyof the provisions of this section or of any direction given by theCommissioner under this section commits an offence and shall beliable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.26