S.L. 37.10 Art. 4Importation of goods.

(1) No person who shall import or bring, or be concerned in importing or bringing, any goods into Malta in any aircraft shall, without the special permission in writing of the Comptroller -

(a) unload the goods or allow the same to be unloaded from the aircraft in which they were imported except at an examination station, or before the report mentioned in paragraph (ii) of regulation 3 has been delivered and the consent of the proper officer to such unloading has been obtained, or

(b) remove the goods from an examination station without the authority of the proper officer, except in accordance with any special permission granted by the Comptroller and in compliance with any conditions attached to any such permission.

(2) The importer of any goods of which delivery has not been permitted by the proper officer shall deposit the same in an approved transit shed at the airport at which they were imported, and, for the purposes of the enactments relating to Customs, any goods so deposited shall, until the same shall have been duly entered in accordance with those enactments, be deemed to be goods still on board the importing aircraft.

(3) No person shall, without the permission of the proper officer, remove any goods from any transit shed.

(4) Imported goods are to be conveyed from the aircraft in which they were imported to the examination station without delay and in such manner as the Comptroller may, from time to time, direct.