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3. The Minister or any person authorized by him or her, may in writing direct any person who imports, exports or manufactures any goods or trades in any goods or in the course of his or her business or trade handles or has under his or her control any goods, to furnish the Minister within a period specified in the direction with any information at his or her disposal in relation to the import, export, manufacture, supply or storage of the goods concerned. Offence and penalties

4. (1) Any person who -

(a) imports or exports any goods in contravention of a provision of a notice issued under section 2;

(b) fails to comply with a condition stated in a permit issued under section 2;

(c) fails to comply with a directive made under section 3; or

(d) furnishes any false information in complying with such an order, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding N$20 000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both such fine and such imprisonment and to a further fine not exceeding three times the commercial value of the goods, if any, in respect of which the offence was committed.

(2) The court convicting any person of importing or exporting or attempting to import or export any goods in contravention of a provision of a notice issued under section 2, or of failing to comply with a condition stated in a permit issued under that section, may declare the goods to be forfeited to the State.

(3) A declaration made under paragraph (a) shall not affect any rights which any person other than the convicted person may have to the goods but if such other person is the owner of the goods, such a declaration shall be binding upon such owner unless it is proved that the owner did not know that the goods were being dealt with in contravention of such a provision or condition.