Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section is titled “Designation of customs officers.””
This section is titled “Designation of customs officers.” Section heading: general requirements for performing enforcement functions. This section is about agreements to help administer the Act and tax levying Acts. This section appears to list headings for definitions, timing of import/export and arrival/departure, application of the Act, administration, and customs powers and duties, but the provided text does not include the substantive rules. This section is about the designation of customs officers.
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How the instrument operates
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Start with the recorded version
updated 23 Jul 2014. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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Locate the controlling provision
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Read conditions and exceptions together
Keep subsections, definitions, provisos and cross-references in context before drawing a legal conclusion.
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Verify currency and official wording
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Research entry points
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A transshipment operation must not begin before the goods are released.
Section 252
Section title about short export clearance and exemption for buses and taxis leaving the Republic.
Section 277
Section 306 concerns the storage of dangerous or risky goods.
Section 306
335. Voorradeprosedure
Section 335
This section is titled as setting out additional grounds for goods to be dealt with under the goods procedure before returning to free circulation.
Section 358
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Source and current-law status
Source record view
Source record from www.parliament.gov.za · updated 23 Jul 2014
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.