s 67 Seizure and inspection of suspected infringing goods
67.—(1) Despite section 56(4), an authorised officer may seize or examine any goods that are —(a) imported into Singapore; or (b) to be exported from Singapore, and that are not goods in transit, which the officer reasonably suspects are suspected infringing goods in relation to a registered geographical indication. (2) As soon as practicable after the goods are seized under subsection (1), the Director-General must give personally, by post or (with the prior consent of the addressee) by email, a written notice to —(a) the importer or exporter of the seized goods (called in this Division the dealer); and (b) the registrant of the registered geographical indication. (3) The written notice in subsection (2) must —(a) identify the goods seized; and (b) set out the rights of the dealer in section 60 (as applied by subsection (5)), and the requirements in section 67A. (4) The Director-General may permit an interested party of the registered geographical indication, or the dealer, to inspect the seized goods. (5) Section 60(2) to (5) applies in relation to the seized goods as it applies in relation to goods seized under section 56(4), with the following modifications:(a) replace a reference to the requestor with a reference to an interested party of the registered geographical indication; (b) replace a reference to the importer or exporter with a reference to the dealer. (6) At the Director-General’s direction, seized goods must be taken to a secure place the Director-General directs, by such of the following as the Director-General considers appropriate:(a) the person in possession, custody or control of those goods immediately before the seizure; (b) an interested party of the registered geographical indication who has satisfied section 67A(1)(a) and (b).[Act 34 of 2018 wef 21/11/2022]