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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

17. Restriction on the exportation of liquor products

 

(1)
(a) No person shall export any product with an alcohol content of more than 0.5 percent for drinking purposes, except on the authority of an export certificate issued by the administering officer.

[Section 17(1)(a) substituted by section 9(a) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]

(b) The provisions of paragraph (a) shall not apply to—
(i) medicine referred to in section 4(2); and
(ii) a liquor product exported for a prescribed purpose or to a prescribed country, or of which a consignment does not exceed the prescribed volume.

[Section 17(1)(b)(i) substituted by section 9(b) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]

 

(2) An application for an export certificate shall he made in the prescribed manner, and the prescribed application fee shall be payable in respect thereof.

 

(3) An export certificate shall only he issued if—
(a) the product concerned is a liquor product or, in the case of another product, the exporter thereof satisfies the administering officer that such other product may he sold for drinking purposes in the country to which it is to be exported; and
(b) when required by regulation, the Authority has in the prescribed manner found the product concerned to be suitable for export.

 

(4) The export of a product on the authority of an export certificate shall be subject to compliance with the prescribed directions.

 

(5) Other Fermented Beverages and Spirits Act, (Act No. 25 of 1957), and which is in force immediately prior to the date of commencement of this section, shall be deemed to be an export certificate issued in terms of this section.

 

(6) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Minister may designate a juristic person, body of persons or institution to exercise the powers and carry out the duties referred to in this section, subject to the control and instructions of the administering officer.

[Section 17(6) inserted by section 9(c) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]