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Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

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18. Agents

(1) The master of any vessel or the commander of any aircraft may appoint as his or her agent any person duly authorised to perform any act required by any customs enactment to be performed by a master or a commander, and, if he or she does so, he or she shall notify the Comptroller of the name and address of that person and if the Comptroller is satisfied that the person appointed is a fit and proper person to be such an agent, the Comptroller may, subject to such terms and conditions as he or she sees fit to impose accept that person as the agent of that vessel or aircraft; However, if no such agent is appointed, the owner of the vessel or aircraft, if resident or represented in the country, is considered to be the agent of the master or commander for all purpose of any assigned matter.

(2) If any agent appointed under subsection (1) wilfully or persistently neglects or refuses to comply with any requirement imposed by any customs enactment on a master of a vessel or a commander of an aircraft, the Comptroller may, by notice in writing, advise any master of that vessel or any commander of that aircraft that he or she no longer accepts the person appointed as the agent of that vessel or that aircraft, and that person shall upon such notification then cease to be the agent of the master of that vessel or the commander of that aircraft.

(3) Where any person other than the master of a vessel or the commander of an aircraft is required by any customs enactment to perform any act or duty, he or she may appoint as his or her agent any other person to perform that act or duty.

(4) Before accepting any request by an agent to act on behalf of a person in relation to an assigned matter, an officer may require that agent to produce to him or her written authority from the person whose agent he or she is, certifying that he or she is so authorised to act.

(5) The Comptroller may if he or she sees fit require any person appointed to act as an agent under subsection (1) to give security by bond or otherwise in such form and manner as the Comptroller may direct and such bond—
1. (a) shall be taken on behalf of the Government of Saint Lucia;
1. (b) shall be valid although it is entered into by a person under full age; and
1. (c) may be cancelled at any time by or by the order of the Comptroller.

3. Time of importation and exportation

4. Comptroller of Customs

5. Delegation and appointment by the Comptroller

6. Obligation of secrecy

7. Times of attendance of officers

8. Assistance to be rendered by the police

9. Officers not to be interested in certain vessels, aircraft or merchandise

11. Application to Government vessels and aircraft

12. Appointment of customs ports

13. Approved wharves

14. Customs airports

15. Customs areas

16. Examination stations

17. Transit sheds

19. Control of movement of uncleared goods

20. Control of pleasure craft

22. Procedure on arrival of aircraft

23. Power to make regulations for arriving vessels and aircraft and the unloading of imported goods

24. Notification of arrival of vessels

26. Entry of goods on importation

27. Entry by bill of sight

28. Removal of uncleared goods to a customs warehouse

29. Importation of goods by post

30. Control of movement of uncleared goods within or between port or airport and other places

31. Control of movement of goods to and from inland clearance depot

32. Goods improperly imported

34. Entry of goods for exportation

35. Entry outwards of vessels

38. Power to refuse or demand return of clearance

39. Security for exportation of goods

40. Offences in relation to exportation

41. Exportation of prohibited or restricted goods

42. Power to require information regarding goods of community origin

43. Definition of coasting trade

44. Power to make Regulations as to coasting trade

45. Limits on coasting trade

46. Clearance of coasting vessels and aircraft

48. Examination of goods in coasting vessels

49. Offences in relation to carriage of goods coastwise

50. Power to make regulations relating to small craft

51. Approval of warehouses

52. Power to make Regulations as to warehouses and warehoused goods

53. Goods not to be warehoused on importation

54. Production of goods in warehouse

55. Occupier to inspect and show goods for sale

56. Entry, marking, etc. of goods for warehousing

57. Re-entry of goods entered for warehousing

58. Operations on warehoused goods

59. Deficiency in warehoused goods

60. Removal of warehoused goods

61. Duty chargeable on warehoused goods

62. Removal of warehoused goods without payment of duty

63. Provisions as to goods to be deposited in a customs warehouse

64. Offences in relation to warehouses and warehoused goods

65. Time at which duty chargeable and payable

66. Goods to be warehoused without payment of duty

67. Relief from duty of goods entered for transit or transhipment

68. Calculation of duty chargeable

69. Special provisions

71. Abatement of duty

72. Goods imported only temporarily for re-exportation

73. Goods imported other than as cargo, stores, or baggage

74. Personal reliefs and power to make Regulations

75. Relief from duty on re-imported goods locally produced

77. Recovery of amounts due

79. Extent of drawback

80. Claims for drawback

81. Drawback on goods destroyed or damaged after shipment

82. Offences in relation to drawback

83. Refund where duty paid on goods imported which are exported after undergoing a process of manufacture

84. General provisions

85. Prohibition on carriage of spirits, tobacco

86. Customs control of persons entering or leaving Saint Lucia

87. Right to access

88. Power of boarding

89. Power to station officer on vessel

90. Power to patrol and moor

91. Power to examine and take account of goods

92. Power to require provision of facilities

93. Power to take samples

94. Power to search premises

95. Power to search vehicles

96. Power to search persons

97. Power to arrest

98. Power to carry and use firearms

99. Power to summon vessels

100. Power to pay rewards

101. Power to require attendance

102. Power to require information and the production of evidence

103. Power to require security

104. Unlawful assumption of character of Comptroller or officer

105. Bribery and collusion

106. Offences against officers

107. Carrying away officers

108. Interfering with customs vessels

109. Signalling to smugglers

110. Communicating with arriving vessels

111. Offering goods for sale as smuggled goods

112. Special penalty where offender armed or disguised

113. Untrue declarations

114. Counterfeiting documents

115. False scales

116. Fraudulent evasion

117. Removing locks, seals or marks

118. Penalty for violation of customs law not expressly provided for

118A. Computer fraud and related offences

119. Institution of proceedings

120. Time limit on proceedings

121. Place of trial

122. Persons who may conduct proceedings

123. Service of process

124. Incidental provisions

125. Power to compound offences and mitigate penalties

126. Proof of certain documents

127. Proof of certain matters other than documents

128. Detention of persons about to leave Saint Lucia

129. Actions against officers

130. Detention, seizure and condemnation of goods

131. Forfeiture of vessels etc., used in connection with goods liable to forfeiture

132. Special provisions as to forfeiture of larger vessels

133. Protection of officers seizing or detaining goods

134. Sale of goods condemned as forfeited

135. Sale of goods not condemned as forfeited

136. Appeal to the Comptroller

137. Customs Appeal Commissioners

138. Appeal to the Customs Appeal Commissioners

139. Right of further appeal

140. Payment of duty after appeal

141. Power to make regulations

142. Amendment of Schedules

143. Savings of regulations

2. Interpretation

20A. Advance passenger and cargo information

20B. Use, sharing and retention of advance cargo information

21. Procedure on arrival of vessels

70. Reliefs from duty on re-imported goods

71. Abatement of duty and set-off

77. Recovery of amount due

25. Report inwards

141. Regulations

33. Power to make regulations as to the loading of goods and departing vessels and aircraft

76. Power of Cabinet to refund duty