Customs Management (Amendment) Act (No. 15 of 2017)

1. Short title and commencement. ... ................ .........................................................2 Amendment of section 2 of No. 30 of 20 11. ............ ................. ........................ .2  ClJSTOMS l\llANAGEMENT (Al\1ENDMENT) ACT, 2017 AN ACT TO AlV[E~D THtf CUSTOl\1S MANAf;E~NT ACT  Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas

1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may he cited as the Customs Management (Amendment) Act, 201 7. (2) This Act shall come into force on the 1" <lay of July, 2017.

2. Amendment of section 2 of No. 30 of 2011. Section 2 of the Customs Management Act is amended by the insertion of the fo !lowing new dl:finitions in the appropr iaLc alphahetical order- ""commercial goods" means goods brought into The Bahamas for sale or for any commercial, industrial, occupational, institutional or other similar use and includes samples, tools and warranty repair parts; '~declaration" means a statement, in verbal, written or electronic fom1 , made by an irnporlcr or exporter providing the information rl!quired hy the Comptroller; "entry" means, in relation to goods- (a) entered for home use; (b) for export, (c) entered temporar ily for subsequent export, (d) warehoused or placed on board a conveyance as stores or as goods in transit, the submission, either i.n electronic or other form, of the entry documentation required; ". Page - 2