Commencement of amendments to the Free Zones Act 1990
s 49
This Chapter shall be deemed to have come into force on 25 October 1996.
Finance Act 1997 Chapter IX — Amendments to the free zones act 1990
Amendment of section 2
s 50
The Free Zones Act 1990 [Act 438], which in this Chapter is referred to as the “principal Act”, is amended in subsection 2(1) by substituting for the definition of “commercial activity” the following definition: ‘ “commercial activity” includes trading (excluding retail trade), breaking bulk, grading, repacking, relabelling and transit;’.
Amendment of section 5
s 51
Paragraph 5(2)(c) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “package” the words “or otherwise”.
New section 6 A
s 52
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 6 the following section: “Retail trade in free zone 6A. The Minister may, at his absolute discretion, authorize any retail trade to be conducted in a free zone and the Minister may in relation to such authorization impose such conditions as he may deem fit.”.
Amendment of section 8
s 53
Section 8 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (2) and (3).
Amendment of section 9
s 54
Section 9 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “5” the words “, 6 A”.
Amendment of section 10
s 55
Section 10 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (3) the following subsection: “(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law, the Minister may allow any activity to be carried out in a free zone subject to such conditions as he may deem fit to impose.”
Amendment of section 11
s 56
Section 11 of the principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (1) by deleting the words “and are approved by the Minister”; and (b) by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection: “(2) The Minister may, in any particular case, allow goods, other than those referred to in subsection (1), to be brought into a free industrial zone for any activity as he may approve and subject to such conditions as he may deem fit to impose.”.
Amendment of section 12
s 57
Subsection 12(1) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “for retail trade or otherwise”.
Amendment of section 13
s 58
Subsection 13(1) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “maintain” the words “or allow”.
Amendment of section 30
s 59
Paragraph 30(a) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the word “5” the words “, 6A”.
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