BC CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 4-94 SCHEDULE OF FINES TO BE IMPOSED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF SEIZURE CASES PENDING HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTION 2307 OF THE TARIFF AND CUSTOMS CODE, AS AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 38 April 08, 1994

To provide a uniform imposition of fines in the settlement of seizure cases pending hearing for purposes of consistency of action.



 

A. FOR NO-DOLLAR IMPORTATION OF PERSONALLY-OWNED MOTOR VEHICLES
A.1.	Commission of only one of the following:
	Violations	Fines
	A.1.1.	Lack of BIS prior authority
	A.1.2.	Lack of one year residency abroad	20%
	A.1.3.	Lack of proof of income abroad
	A.1.4	Lack of 6 months use/registration
	A.2.	Non-compliance of two (2) of the above-requirements	30%
	A.3.	Non-compliance of three (3) of the above-requirements	50%
	A.4.	Non-compliance of all the above- requirements	80%
	A.5.	Second violation of any of the above-requirements	30%
	A.6.	3rd violation of any of the above requirements	no settlement by fine
	B. For Used Buses/Trucks
	Violations	Fines
	B.1	No IAC-UTE prior authority to import	30%
	B.2	Violation of IAC-UTE authority to import	30%
	B.3	Violation of BIS prior authority to import	30%
	B.4	Second violation of any of B.1, B.2 or B.3	80%
	B.5	Third violation of any of the above requirements	no settlement by fine
	C.	Only Violation is Lack of SGS Clean Report of Findings (CRF)
	C.1	First Violation	20%
	C.2.	Second Violation	40%
	C.3.	Third Violation	60%
	C.4.	Fourth Violation	80%
	C.5.	Fifth Violation	no settlement by fine
	D.	Violation of Section 2503 of the TCCP
	D.1	Undervaluation, misdeclaration and misclassification with more than 30% discrepancy in duty but prima facie evidence of fraud satisfactorily rebutted	60%
	D.2	Second violation	no settlement by fine
	E.	Other Violations
		No prior authority to import regulated importations.
	E.1	First Violation	30%
	E.2	Second Violation	80%
	E.3	Third Violation	no settlement by fine

All orders, rules and regulations issued by this Bureau inconsistent with this Order are hereby revoked.


This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Adopted: 8 Apr. 1994