(15)
When a court holds that imported goods which are destined for
exportation and were seized under this section are the subject of an
offence in terms of this Act, the court shall not allow the exportation of
those goods in an unaltered state, except if it, after due regard to the
circumstances regarding the offence, thinks it fit to allow that
exportation.
[S. 4 amended by s. 2 of Act 47 of 1954 and substituted by s. 4 of Act
38 of 1997.]
5.
Obstruction of inspectors
Any person who(a)
hinders or obstructs an inspector in the performance of any of
his or her functions in terms of section 4;
(b)
refuses or fails without valid reason to(i)
answer to the best of his or her ability, a question put to
him or her by an inspector; or
(ii)
furnish information to an inspector,
after having been required to do so in terms of section 4; or
(c)
wilfully furnishes false or misleading information to an
inspector,
shall be guilty of an offence.
[S. 5 substituted by s. 5 of Act 38 of 1997.]
6.
Applying false trade description and alteration of trade mark
[Heading substituted by s. 2 of Act 50 of 2001.]
(1)
(2)
Any person who applies any false trade description to goods shall be
guilty of an offence, if(a)
at the time of the commission of the alleged offence, the
person knew or had reason to suspect that the trade
description was not genuine; or
(b)
the person did not take all reasonable steps in order to avoid
the commission of the alleged offence.
Any person who alters any trade mark, whether by addition of
effacement or in any other manner, shall be guilty of an offence, if the
person did not take all reasonable steps in order to avoid the
commission of the alleged offence.
[S. 6 amended by s. 1 of Act 26 of 1951, substituted by s. 6 of Act 38
of 1997 and amended by s. 2 of Act 50 of 2001.]
7.
Sale and hiring out of goods bearing false trade descriptions