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| 217. Provisions relating to all documents. | |
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Provisions relating to prescribed forms. | Production of documents. |
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| Provisions related to all documents. | 217. (1) Where a document required or authorized for the purposes of this Act contains any words not in the English language, then the person producing or using the document may be required to produce therewith a correct English translation of those words.
(2) Where a person is required to submit a form for the purposes of this Act, then the proper officer may require that person to submit as many copies thereof as he may think necessary. (3) Where the proper officer requires an invoice to be produced for goods which have been imported, exported, carried coastwise or entered in transit or for transhipment, he may require the invoice to be submitted in original and duplicate and he may retain both. (3A) Where a person is required under this Act to keep a document or record, the person shall retain the document or record for at least seven years after the document or record was created. (3B) Where, under the provisions of this Act, any account, books of account, or other records are required to be kept, such accounts, books or records may be kept in written form or in micro-film, magnetic tape or in any other form of mechanical or electronic data retrieval mechanism. (4) A person who fails to comply with a requirement under this section shall be guilty of an offence. |
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