Customs & Excise Management of CAP. 84 Laws of The Federation of Nigeria, 1990.
The Customs and Excise Management Act (CEMA), is the principal law guiding the Administration of Customs and Excise in Nigeria.
It is divided in to 13 parts, spanning 195 Sections and 3 Schedules.
It has 19 subsidiary Legislations (Regulations). Note that the Measurements in the 19 Regulations are in English measurements but should be converted to the metric system of measurement when intended to be applied.
Section 37 – 5 deals specifically with Duty on Imported goods, Relief from duty of goods entered for transit or transshipment; Relief from duty of goods temporarily imported, Exempt from goods and goods delivered free of duty; Valuation of imported goods for purpose of ad valorem duties among others.
Section 48 – 62 deals specifically with Exportation, Stores and Clearance outwards.
Parts V – IX deals with Excise and Excisable goods.
Section 118 – 120 (Part VIII) deals with other goods subject to Excise duty Licence to manufacture excisable goods and powers to make regulation.
Section 121 – 127 deals with Excise Licences, Entries, provisions relation to the furnishing of information by manufacturers etc.
For details, contact the Legal Adviser, legal@customs.gov.ng