CHAPTER
299
EXPORT CONTROL REGULATIONS |
ARRANGEMENT OF
SECTIONS |
SECTION |
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Minister may make Export Regulations. |
Appointment of competent authority. |
Agents of competent authority. |
Advisers to competent authority. |
Offences by company, etc. |
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CHAPTER 299 |
EXPORT CONTROL
REGULATIONS |
An Act to
provide for the control of exports from The Bahamas. | 2 of 1955
43 of 1964
E.L.A.O., 1974
5 of 1987 |
[Commencement 20th
June, 1955] |
1. This Act may be cited as the Export Control
Regulations Act. | Short title. |
2. In this Act and in the regulations made under this
Act- | Interpretation. |
"goods"
means anything capable of being exported from The Bahamas or transhipped within
The Bahamas consigned to a place outside The Bahamas; |
"Minister"
means the Minister of Finance. |
3. From and after the coming into operation of this Act
the Minister may by Order make such regulations (hereinafter described as the
Export Regulations) as he may deem expedient for the purpose of controlling or
prohibiting- | Minister may make Export Regulations. |
(a) the export
from The Bahamas to any place outside The Bahamas of goods or any class of
goods; |
(b) the
trans-shipment within The Bahamas of goods or any class of goods consigned to a
place outside The Bahamas. |
4. From and after the coming into operation of this Act
the Minister may by notice in the Gazette appoint a person or body of
persons to be the competent authority to enforce the Export Regulations. | Appointment of competent authority. |
5. (1) The competent authority may appoint such agents
as may be necessary for the efficient carrying out of the duties of the
competent authority under the Export Regulations. | Agents of competent authority. |
(2) Without
prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred upon the competent
authority by the Export Regulations, the competent authority may delegate to
his agent any powers conferred upon the competent authority by the Export
Regulations in respect of the grant of or refusal to grant any licence,
certificate, permit or other authorisation required by the Export Regulations. |
6. The Minister may, if he sees fit, by notice in the Gazette
appoint any person or body of persons to advise the competent authority in the
exercise of the powers conferred upon such competent authority by the Export
Regulations. | Advisers to competent authority. |
7. Where any offence under the Export Regulations is
committed by a company, firm, or other association of individuals, every
Director and officer of the company, every partner and officer of the firm or
every member and every person concerned in the management of the affairs of the
association, as the case may be, shall severally be liable to be prosecuted and
punished for the offence, unless the act or omission constituting the offence
took place without his knowledge, consent or connivance. | Offences by company, etc. |
8. Any person who fails to comply with or contravenes
any of the provisions of the Export Regulations shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable to such penalties (including the forfeiture of any goods
the subject-matter of the offence) as the Minister may by the Export
Regulations prescribe: | Offences and penalties. |
Provided that no
such penalty if consisting of imprisonment or a fine, or of both such
imprisonment and fine, shall exceed- |
(a) on
a summary conviction, imprisonment for six months or a fine of four hundred
dollars, or both such imprisonment and fine; or |
(b) on
conviction by the Supreme Court, imprisonment for two years or a fine of two
thousand dollars, or both such imprisonment and fine. |