Pre-shipment Inspection of Imports Act

Arrangement of Sections

3. ings, makes the necessary adjustments, the inspecting agent may issue a Clean Report of

5. importer or his authorised agent.

8. son.

9. or of any of their principal representatives of Nigeria abroad shall be sufficient evidence

10. strued accordingly.

11. the provisions of this Act.

12. carrying into effect the objects of this Act.

13. before the President.

14. are required, shall have pasted thereon the Hologram Mark issued by the pre-shiprnent

15. ment of this Act, by order published in the Gazette, make additional transitional or sav-

16. any other goods.

PART II

Administration

Appointment of inspecting agents.

General administration.

Proceedings of the Technical Committee.

M iscellaneous and supplementary

Penalties for unlawful importation.

Proof of certain documents.

Prosecution and trial of offences.

Power of the Central Bank to compound proceedings.

Regulations.

Annual reports.

Mandatory inscription of Hologram of Import Duty Report number of goods.

Repeals and savings provisions.

Interpretation.

Short title.

SCHEDULE

Particulars to be supplied to the Central Bank by all importers

An Act to provide for pre-shipment inspection of imports and for matters connected

therewith.

[1996 No. 11.]

[ 19 th April, 1996]

[ Commencement.]

PART I

Pre-shipment inspection of imports

All imported goods liable to mandatory pre-shipment inspection

(excluding such personal effects which are accompanied and subject to 100 per

cent inspection at destination); and

shall be imported into Nigeria unless accompanied by a Clean Report of Findings and an

Import Duty Report issued in respect of such goods to the overseas sellers of the goods

by the inspecting agent referred to in section 4 of this Act.

any goods to which this Act applies shall, before shipment of such goods to Nigeria, fur-

nish the Central Bank with the particulars specified in the Schedule to this Act together