IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

IMPORT AND EXPORT (GENERAL) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 60, section 31)

LA' 'Y

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

[1 January 1972.1

1. These regulations may be cited as the Import and Export
(General) Regulations.

requires-

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

'agricultural pesticide' has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of
the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance;

'licence' means a licence issued under section 3 of the Ordinance;

'textiles' includes any natural or artificial fibre products and any
combination of natural and artificial fibre products in the form of
yarn, fabrics, garments or other manufactured articles;

'transhipment cargo' means any imported article that is consigned on a
through bill of lading or a through air waybill from a place outside
Hong Kong; to another place outside Hong Kong; and is or is to
be removed from the vessel, vehicle or aircraft in which it was
imported and either returned to the same vessel, vehicle or aircraft
or transferred to another vessel, vehicle or aircraft before being
exported, whether it is or is to be transferred directly between such
vessels, vehicles or aircraft or whether it is to be landed in Hong
Kong; after its importation and stored, pending exportation.





PART 11

IMPORT
LICENCES

3. (1) No person shall import any article specified in the First
Schedule except under and in accordance with a licence.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.

PART III

EXPORT LICENCES

4. (1) No person shall export any article specified in the second
column of the Second Schedule to the country or place specified
opposite thereto in the third column of that Schedule except under and
in accordance with a licence.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years.

5. (1) Where, in relation to the export of any article specified in the
Second Schedule to any country or place there is in existence a quota
system or an export authorization system, a licence to export such article
to such country or place shall not be issued unless the person signing
the application for the licence is the holder of a valid quota allocation
certificate or valid export authorization relating to the export of that
article.

(2) Paragraph (1) shall be in addition to, and not in derogation from
the powers conferred on the Director by section 3 of the Ordinance.

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

6. (1) These regulations shall not apply to-

(a) any article in transit; or

(b) transhipment cargo imported or exported by a person .,

whom an exemption relating to that transhipment car
has been granted under paragraph (2).





(2) If the Director is satisfied that a person is engaged in the

business of dealing in transhipment cargo he may exempt in writing,
with respect to the transhipment of any of the items set out in the First
and Second Schedules and specified in the exemption, that person from
the licensing requirements under these regulations.

(3) The Director may impose such conditions as he thinks fit

upon any exemption made under paragraph (2) and any person
exempted under paragraph (2) shall comply with any condition imposed
under this paragraph.

(4) If a person contravenes or fails to comply with any

condition imposed under paragraph (3)
(a)he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to imprisonment for 2
years; and

(b)the Director may by notice in writing revoke or suspend any
exemption granted to that person or may amend any
condition.

7. The Director of Trade may, by order published in the

Gazette, amend the First and Second Schedules.


FIRST SCHEDULE

[regs. 3. 6 & 7.1

1 . [Deleted, L. N. 14 71791
2. [Deleted, L.N. 44,1831
3. [Deleted, L.N. 3751811
4. [Deleted, L.N. 44183]

5. [Deleted, L.N. 3551821

6.Agricultural pesticides, other than agricultural pesticides excluded from the
application of the Agricultural Pesticides Ordinance by virtue of section
3(1)(a) or (b) of that Ordinance.

7.Pharmaceutical products and medicines as defined by section 2 of the
Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance.

8. Textiles.

SECOND SCHEDULE [regs. 4, 5, 6 & 7.]

Item Article Country or place

L.N. 171/71. L.N. 1/72. L.N. 98/73. L.N. 255/73. L.N. 256/73. L.N. 153/74. L.N. 217/74. L.N. 206/75. L.N. 180/76. L.N. 261/76. L.N. 142/77. L.N. 206/77. L.N. 142/78. L.N. 242/78. L.N. 147/79. L.N. 132/80. L.N. 182/80. L.N. 252/80. L.N. 287/80. L.N. 36/81. L.N. 375/81. L.N. 294/82. L.N. 355/82. L.N. 44/83. L.N. 346/83. L.N. 255/84. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 255/84. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 255/84. Prohibition of import of articles except under licence. L.N. 287/80. First Schedule. L.N. 252/80. Prohibition of export of articles except under licence. L.N. 36/81. Second Schedule. L.N. 252/80. Prohibition on issue of licences. Second Schedule. Application and exemption. L.N. 255/84. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Amendment of Schedules. L.N. 206/77. L.N. 294/82. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 142/78. (Cap. 138.) L.N. 182/80. L.N. 98/73. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 142/78. (Cap. 138.)

L.N. 171/71. L.N. 1/72. L.N. 98/73. L.N. 255/73. L.N. 256/73. L.N. 153/74. L.N. 217/74. L.N. 206/75. L.N. 180/76. L.N. 261/76. L.N. 142/77. L.N. 206/77. L.N. 142/78. L.N. 242/78. L.N. 147/79. L.N. 132/80. L.N. 182/80. L.N. 252/80. L.N. 287/80. L.N. 36/81. L.N. 375/81. L.N. 294/82. L.N. 355/82. L.N. 44/83. L.N. 346/83. L.N. 255/84. Citation. Interpretation. L.N. 255/84. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 255/84. Prohibition of import of articles except under licence. L.N. 287/80. First Schedule. L.N. 252/80. Prohibition of export of articles except under licence. L.N. 36/81. Second Schedule. L.N. 252/80. Prohibition on issue of licences. Second Schedule. Application and exemption. L.N. 255/84. First Schedule. Second Schedule. Amendment of Schedules. L.N. 206/77. L.N. 294/82. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 142/78. (Cap. 138.) L.N. 182/80. L.N. 98/73. L.N. 142/77. (Cap. 133.) L.N. 142/78. (Cap. 138.)

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