Section 56 (Customs Act) – Imposition of anti-dumping duties

56. Imposition of anti-dumping duties

(1)     The Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette amend Schedule No. 2 to impose an anti-dumping duty in accordance with the provisions of section 55(2).

(2)     The Minister may, in accordance with any request by the Minister of Trade and Industry, from time to time by notice in the Gazette

(a)     withdraw or reduce, with or without retrospective effect and to such extent as may be specified in the notice; or

(b)     otherwise amend, from the date of such amendment or any later date to such extent as may be specified in the notice,

any anti-dumping duty imposed under subsection (1).

[Subsection (2) substituted by section 67 of Act 20 of 2006]

(3)     The provisions of section 48(6) shall mutatis mutandis apply in respect of any amendment, withdrawal or reduction made under the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

[Subsection (3) substituted by section 6 of Act 19 of 1994]

[Section 56 substituted by section 16 of Act 112 of 1977, amended by section 4 of Act 93 of 1978, section 4 of Act 89 of 1984 and section 7 of Act 52 of 1986 and substituted by section 9 of Act 61 of 1992]