18A. Exportation of goods from customs and excise warehouse
(1) Notwithstanding any liability for duty incurred thereby by any person in terms of any other provision of this Act, any person who exports any goods from a customs and excise warehouse to any place outside the common customs area shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (2), be liable for the duty on all goods which he or she so exports.
[Subsection (1) substituted by section 27 of Act 18 of 2009]
(2)
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), any liability for duty in terms of subsection (1) shall cease if –
(i) the said goods have been duly taken out of the common customs area; or,
(ii) in circumstances and in accordance with procedures which the Commissioner may determine by rule, the goods have been duly accounted for in the country of destination.
(b) An exporter who is liable for duty as contemplated in subsection (1) must –
(i) obtain valid proof that liability has ceased as specified in paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) within the period and in compliance with such requirements as may be prescribed by rule;
(ii) keep such proof and other information and documents relating to such export as contemplated in section 101 and the rules made thereunder available for inspection by an officer; and
(iii) submit such proof and other information and documents to the Commissioner at such time and in such form and manner as the Commissioner may require; or
(iv)
(aa) notify the Commissioner immediately if liability has not ceased as required in terms of paragraph (a)(i) or (ii) or valid proof has not been obtained as contemplated in subparagraph (i); and
(bb) submit payment of duty and value-added tax payable in terms of the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991), together with such notification as if the goods were entered for home consumption on the date of entry for export.
(c) Subject to subsection (3), there shall be no liability for duty on any goods where such liability was discovered as a result of, or following upon, any such inspection by an officer or a request by the Commissioner as contemplated in paragraph (b)(ii) and (iii), respectively, where that liability occurred on a date earlier than two years prior to the date on which such inspection commenced or such request was made.
[Subsection (2) substituted by section 12 of Act 45 of 1995, section 120 of Act 60 of 2001 and section 27 of Act 18 of 2009]
(3) If –
(a) the liability has not ceased as contemplated in subsection (2)(a); or
(b) the goods have been diverted or deemed to have been diverted as contemplated in subsection (9),
such person shall, except if payment has been made as contemplated in subsection (2)(b)(iv), upon demand pay –
(i) the duty and value-added tax due in terms of the Value-Added Tax Act 1991 (Act No. 89 of 1991), as if the goods were entered for home consumption on the date of entry for export;
(ii) any amount that may be due in terms of section 88(2); and
(iii) any interest due in terms of section 105:
Provided that such payment shall not indemnify a person against any fine or penalty provided for in this Act.
[Subsection (3) substituted by section 12 of Act 45 of 1995 and section 27 of Act 18 of 2009]
(4) No goods shall be exported in terms of this section –
(a) until they have been entered for export; and
(b) unless, except as otherwise provided in the rules, they are removed for export by a licensed remover in bond as contemplated in section 64D.
[Subsection (4) substituted by section 38 of Act 19 of 2001]
(5) No such entry for export shall be tendered by or may be accepted from a person who has not furnished such security as the Commissioner may require, and the Commissioner may at any time require that the form, nature or amount of that security be altered in such manner as he may determine.
(6) The said exportation of goods shall be subject to the rules and such conditions as the Commissioner may impose in respect of the goods concerned or any class or kind of those goods or those goods exported in circumstances specified by him, and the Controller may refuse to accept bills of entry for the said exportation of goods from an exporter who has failed to comply with the said rules or conditions or who has committed an offence referred to in section 80.
[Subsection (6) substituted by section 12 of Act 45 of 1995]
(7) ……….
[Subsection (7) deleted by section 12 of Act 45 of 1995]
(8) The Commissioner may determine the roads and routes and the means of carriage of any goods so exported or any class or kind of those goods or any such goods carried in circumstances specified by him.
(9)
(a) No person shall, without the permission of the Commissioner, divert any goods for export to a destination other than the destination declared on entry for export or deliver such goods or cause such goods to be delivered in the Republic or any other country in the common customs area.
(b) Goods shall be deemed to have been so diverted where –
(i) no permission to divert such goods has been granted by the Commissioner as contemplated in paragraph (a) and the person concerned fails to produce valid proof and other information and documents for inspection to an officer or to submit such proof, information and documents to the Commissioner as required in terms of subsection (2)(b)(ii) and (iii), respectively;
(ii) any such proof is the result of fraud, misrepresentation or non-disclosure of material facts; or
(iii) such person makes a false declaration for the purpose of this section.
(c) Where any person fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of this subsection the goods shall be liable to forfeiture in accordance with this Act.
[Subsection (9) substituted by section 27 of Act 18 of 2009]
(10) The Commissioner may specify the documents to be produced by the exporter upon entry for exportation in respect of any goods so exported or any class or kind of those goods or any such goods exported in circumstances or to a destination specified by him.
[Section 18A inserted by section 5 of Act 84 of 1987]