Customs Act | 1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.) — Canada law | Esheria

Customs Act

This provision defines key customs terms and sets rules for records, reporting imported goods, advance carrier information, customs facilities, and several Minister/Governor in Council powers.

Jurisdiction
Canada
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
1985, c. 1 (2nd Supp.)
Version
26 May 2026
Language
en
Official source
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advance rulings appeals bankruptcy border procedures border search and seizure carrier compliance certificates of origin customs duties customs facilities customs information disclosure debt collection duty evasion verification duty liability electronic records export reporting fees forfeiture garnishment import accounting import controls import reporting import valuation interest mail duties +15 more

Statute overview

About this statute

This provision defines key customs terms and sets rules for records, reporting imported goods, advance carrier information, customs facilities, and several Minister/Governor in Council powers. This provision sets duty, accounting, record-keeping, inspection, warehouse, and origin-correction rules for imported goods. This provision lets customs officials make and revisit origin, tariff classification, value-for-duty, marking, and advance-ruling decisions, and it sets rules for record production, duty-evasion verification, and importer requests. This provision covers customs refunds, interest, appeals, reporting/export duties, origin certificates, record-keeping, and related powers of the Minister, Tribunal, Federal Court, and Agency. The Minister can use several collection tools for customs debts, including detention, sale, garnishment, set-off, seizure, and special recovery rules for bankruptcies, receivers, trusts, partnerships, and related persons.

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