East African Community Customs Management Act, 2004 - VERTIC

No. 1 East African Community Customs Management 2005officer shall, save where the Commissioner otherwise directs, take aparticular account of such goods, whether or not any account thereofhas been previously taken.(2) The proper officer shall, in taking such account, enter in thebook for that purpose the name of the aircraft or vessel or theregistered number of the vehicle, as the case may be in which thegoods were imported or, in the case of postal articles, the parcel postreference, the name of the owner of such goods, the number ofpackages, the mark and number of each package, and the value andparticulars of the goods.(3) After such account has been taken and the goods deposited in thewarehouse in accordance with the direction of the proper officer, suchofficer shall certify at the foot of the account that the entry andwarehousing of the goods is complete; and such goods shall from thattime be considered goods duly warehoused.(4) Subject to section 50, all goods entered to be warehoused, shallwithin fourteen days be removed to the warehouse for which they areentered and deposited therein in the package in which they wereimported:Provided that-(i)in the case of bulk cargo or goods destined for a bondedwarehouse located far away from the port of discharge, theCommissioner may allow for such longer period notexceeding forty-five days;(ii) where any goods are permitted to be repacked, skipped,bulked, sorted, lotted, or packed, in accordance with section40, then such goods shall be deposited in the packages inwhich they were contained when that account thereof wastaken.(5) Any person who contravenes subsection (4) commits an offenceand any goods in respect of which such offence has been committedshall be liable to forfeiture.49.-(1) Where any goods entered to be warehoused and are not dulywarehoused by the owner, the proper officer may cause them to beremoved to the warehouse for which they were entered.47Removalto warehouseofgoodsenteredtherefor