Section 7
Dealing with or disposal of goods in free trade zone
(1)
Goods of any description, except such as are specifically and absolutely prohibited by any written law, may be brought into a free trade zone.
(2)
Goods in a free trade zone may —
(a)
be removed from the free trade zone, destroyed or sent into a customs area or into another free trade zone in the original package or otherwise;
(b)
unless otherwise directed by the Authority, be stored, sold, exhibited, broken up, repacked, assembled, distributed, sorted, graded, cleaned, mixed or otherwise manipulated, or be manufactured in accordance with the provisions of this Act:
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Provided that when any goods of a class dutiable on entry into a customs area whether in their original condition or after manufacture or as part or ingredient of any goods manufactured in a free trade zone are sent from a free trade zone into the customs area, the goods shall be subject to the provisions of the Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006), Excise Order, 2006
(S 40/2006) and any regulations made thereunder.
(3)
Goods, except such as are prescribed under subsection (4), which have been brought into a free trade zone from a customs area are deemed to be exported for the purpose of drawback under the provisions of the
Customs Order, 2006 (S 39/2006).
(4)
Subsection (2)(b) does not apply to such goods as may be prescribed from time to time by the Minister by notification published in the
Gazette, except that such prescribed goods may be stored in a free trade zone for the purpose of transhipment or survey and repacking before removal into customs area:
Provided that such survey and repacking shall not be carried out except with the prior permission of an officer of customs and shall be subject to such conditions as he may think fit to impose.