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Ord. No. 67/70
IMPORT AND EXPORT

(iii) any person to whom the vessel, aircraft or vehicle has been chartered or hired; and
(iv) any person having for the time being the control or management of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle:

“prohibited article” means any article—

(a) the import or export of which is prohibited under the provisions of this Ordinance;
(b) the import or export of which is permitted subject to the terms and conditions of a licence; or
(c) the import or export of which is prohibited or controlled under any other law;

“smuggling” means importing, exporting, unshipping, shipping, landing, loading, conveying or otherwise dealing with any article contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance or any other law controlling the import or export of any article;

“unmanifested cargo” means any cargo which is not recorded in a manifest;

“vehicle” means every means of conveyance or of transit or other mobile apparatus used or capable of being used on land, whether on roads or rails and, in any way whatever, drawn or propelled or carried;

“vessel” includes every description of vessel used in navigation for the carriage of persons or articles, whether or not the vessel is mechanically propelled and whether or not the vessel is towed or pushed by another vessel.

PART II.
Administrative Decisions and Appeals.

Director’s discretion to issue, cancel, revoke or suspend licences. 3. (1) The Director may issue any licence required under this Ordinance and may attach thereto such conditions as he may see fit to impose.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) the Director may cancel, revoke or suspend any licence issued by him under this Ordinance.

(3) The Director shall not cancel, revoke or suspend any such licence where he is satisfied that the holder thereof has entered into an irrevocable commitment pursuant to the issue to him of such licence, unless the article in respect of which the licence was issued is a strategic commodity specified in regulations-