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CUSTOMS AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 3) 1980 No. 110 of 1980 - SECT 26

Unauthorized entry to places and on ships, aircraft or wharves
26. Section 234A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (1) ", other than a passenger disembarking
from, or embarking on, a ship or aircraft," after "person";

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) and substituting the
        following paragraph:



"(a) enter into, or be in, a place in relation to which a sign is displayed
under section 234AA; or"; and

   (c)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:



"(3) In any proceedings for the prosecution of a person for an offence against
sub-section (1), evidence that a sign stating that entry into a place is
prohibited by this Act was displayed at or near that place is prima facie
evidence that the sign was so displayed in ac- cordance with section 234AA.". 


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