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| (1) All goods which, if sold, would be liable to forfeiture under this Part, and also all goods made or produced beyond the limits of Sri Lanka, and having applied thereto any name or mark being, or purporting to be, or being a colourable imitation of, the name or mark of any manufacturer, dealer, or trader in Sri Lanka, unless such name or mark is accompanied by a definite indication, indicated in letters as large and conspicuous as any letter in the name or mark, of the place and country in which the goods were made or produced, and also all piece-goods such as are ordinarily sold by the length or by the piece, which have not conspicuously stamped in English numerals on each piece the length thereof in standard metres or in standard metres and a fraction of such a metre according to the real length of the piece, are hereby prohibited to be imported into Sri Lanka, and, subject to the provisions of this section, shall be included among goods prohibited to be imported as if they were referred to in section 43 of the Customs Ordinance, and included in Schedule B to that Ordinance. |
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| (2) Before detaining any such goods, or taking any further proceedings with a view to the forfeiture thereof under the law relating to the customs, the Principal Collector of Customs, or other officer specially appointed in that behalf by the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance may require the regulations under this section, whether as to information, security, conditions, or other matters, to be complied with, and may satisfy himself in accordance with those regulations that the goods are such as are prohibited by this section to be imported. |
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| (3) The Principal Collector of Customs may from time to time, with the sanction of the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, make, revoke, and vary regulations, either general or special, respecting the detention and forfeiture of goods the importation of which is prohibited by this section, and the conditions, if any, to be fulfilled before such detention and forfeiture, and may by such regulations determine the information, notices, and security to be given, and the evidence requisite for any of the purposes of this section, and the mode of giving such evidence. |
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| (4) Where there is on any goods a name which is identical with, or a colourable imitation of, the name of a place in Sri Lanka, that name, unless accompanied in equally large and conspicuous letters by the name of the country in which such place is situate, shall be treated, for the purposes of this section, as if it were the name of a place in Sri Lanka. |
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| (5) Such regulations may apply to all goods the importation of which is prohibited by this section, or different regulations may be made respecting different classes of such goods or of offences in relation to such goods. |
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| (6) The regulations may provide for the informant reimbursing the Principal Collector of Customs all expenses and damages incurred in respect of any detention made on his information and of any proceedings consequent on such detention. |
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| (7) All regulations under this section shall be published in the Gazette. |
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| (8) This section shall have effect as if it formed part of the Customs Ordinance. |
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