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Pre-shipment Inspection of Exports Act

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PART III

Payment for exports, etc.

Modes of payments for exports in Nigeria.

Exporters to open foreign currency domiciliary accounts.

PART IV

Administration

Appointment of inspecting agents.

General administration of this Act.

Establishment, etc., of special account by the Central Bank.

Technical Committee to assist Central Bank.

Saving of pre-shipment duties of some departments, etc.

Modifications to existing legislations.

PART V

Miscellaneous

Offences and penalties for unlawful exportation.

Proof of certain documents.

Prosecution and trial of offences.

SECTION

Power of the Central Bank to compound proceedings, etc.

Power to issue directives.

Annual reports.

Contractual obligations of exporters not affected by Act.

Interpretation.

Short title.

An Act to make provision for the inspection of goods in Nigeria prior to their ship-

ment to a place outside Nigeria.

[1996 No. 10.]

[19 th April, 1966]

[Commencement.]

PART I

Pre-shipment inspection of exports, etc.

Pre-shipment inspection of goods

(1) As from the commencement of this Act, no goods to which this Act applies shall

be exported from Nigeria unless an inspecting agent appointed pursuant to section 12 of

this Act has issued in respect of the goods a Clean Certificate of Inspection to the over-

seas buyers of the goods.

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, no agency or department of any government of the

Federal Republic of Nigeria shall as from the commencement of this Act issue Clean

Certificate of Findings in respect of the goods to which this Act applies except the in-

specting agent appointed pursuant to section 12 of this Act.

(3) Any person intending to export any goods to which this Act applies shall, prior to

the shipment of those goods from Nigeria-

(a) complete and furnish his bank with such number of copies of the prescribed

form as may be specified in guidelines issued pursuant to this Act; and

(b) provide such additional information as may be required, from time to time, by

the bank and any appropriate agency of the Federal Government.

(4) To facilitate the carrying out of the duties imposed on an inspecting agent by or

pursuant to this Act, the exporter shall, in addition to the requirements referred to in sub-

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