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Customs and Excise Act 2018

Customs powers - Powers in relation to documents

256: Chief executive may take possession of and retain records and other documents

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"The boss of Customs can take and keep your documents and records."

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The chief executive can take and keep any records or documents that you give when you make an entry or that you are required to show under the Customs and Excise Act 2018. If the chief executive takes your records or documents, you can ask for a certified copy, which is like a special photocopy that says it is genuine. This certified copy can be used in court as if it were the original record or document, and you can find more information about similar laws by looking at the Customs Act 1986.

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Part 4Customs powers
Powers in relation to documents

256Chief executive may take possession of and retain records and other documents

  1. The chief executive may take possession of, and retain, any record or other document that is—

  2. presented in connection with any entry; or
    1. required to be produced under this Act.

      1. If the chief executive exercises the power in subsection (1), he or she must, at the request of the person otherwise entitled to the record or other document, provide that person with a certified copy of the record or other document.

      2. Every certified copy of a record or other document retained under this section is admissible in evidence in any court as if it were the original.

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