Import and Export Ordinance

(1)
A person shall not commence the production of any specified textiles (whether
                by himself or through any other person) unless he lodges with the Director a
                notification in respect of those textiles within the permitted period, or within
                such other period as the Director may, at his discretion, allow in a particular
                case.
(2)
A production notification
shall—
(a)
be in such form and include such particulars and declarations as the
                    Director may specify;
(b)
be lodged with the Director on paper or
                    in
                    a manner specified by the Director by notice published in the Gazette;
(Amended
30 of 2025 s. 7
)
(c)
be lodged in accordance with such other requirements, and attach or contain
                    such other information, as the Director may determine; and
(d)
be assigned a reference number by the Director.
(3)
If there is any change in a material particular included in a production
                notification lodged by a person under subsection (1), the person shall inform the
                Director of the change by notice in writing or
                in
                a manner specified by the Director by notice published in the
Gazette—
(Amended
30 of 2025 s. 7
)
(a)
immediately if the notification is not a validated production
                    notification;
(b)
if the notification is a validated production notification, within 14 days
                    of the change but, in any case, before applying for a licence in respect of the
                    specified textiles to which the notification relates.
(4)
Where but for this subsection a person would be required to comply with
                subsection (1) in relation to any textiles, then the person is not required to
                comply with that
subsection—
(a)
if the person complies with an undertaking
given—
(i)
in relation to the textiles; and
(ii)
under
regulation 8(3)
of the Export (Certificates of Origin)
                        Regulations (
Cap. 60 sub. leg. H
) and that is
                        comparable to the requirement of subsection (1); and
(b)
until the expiration of 30 days after the
                    commencement*
                    of this section.
(5)
A person does not have to comply with the undertaking referred to in subsection
(4
)(
a)
in relation to any textiles on and after the day on which the
                person complies or is required to comply with subsection (1) in relation to the
                textiles, and, accordingly,
regulation 12(2
)(
c)
of the Export
                (Certificates of Origin) Regulations (
Cap. 60 sub. leg.
                    H
) does not apply to the undertaking to the extent the undertaking relates
                to the textiles.