(Trinidad and Tobago) The board was asked whether on the true interpretation of the legislation, an essential ingredient of statutory importation offences is an individual declarant’s actual knowledge or belief in the falsity of a customs declaration, or the fact that the goods imported in a sealed container constitute goods of another description the importation of which is prohibited.
Judges:
Lord Kerr, Lord Carnwath, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin
Citations:
[2019] UKPC 43
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Jurisdiction:
Commonwealth
Crime
Updated: 22 September 2022; Ref: scu.645937