CUSTOMS VALUATION 
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 
(NO. 8 OF 2010) G/VAL/N/1/ SLB/1/Add.1  
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CUSTOMS VALUATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 
 (NO. 8 OF 2010) 
PASSED  by the National Parliament this 28th day of September 2010.
 (This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill passed by 
Parliament and found by me to be a true copy of the Bill ) 
Taeasi Sanga (Mrs) 
Clerk to National Parliament 
ASSENTED  to in Her Majesty’s name and on Her Majesty’s behalf this 1st day of
October 2 010. 
Sir Frank Utu Ofagioro Kabui 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL 
Date of Commencement: (See section 1) 
AN ACT  TO AMEND THE CUSTOMS VALUATION ACT 2009  
ENACTED  by the National Parliame nt of Solomon Islands. G/VAL/N/1/SLB/1/Add.1  
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CUSTOMS VALUATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2010 
1. (1)
 This Act may be cited as the Customs Valuation 
(Amendment) Act 2010, and commences on the same day as the 
commencement of the Customs Valuation Act 2009. 
(2) In this Act, the Customs Valuation Act 2009 is
referred to as “principal Act” .
2. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended –
(a) in subsection (1), by adding “or any other prescribedamount” at the end of that subsection; and
(b) in subs ection (2) –
(i) by repealing paragraph (e) and substitutingthe following new paragraph –
“(e) the costs of transportation and 
insurance of, and the loading, 
unloading, and handling charges and 
other charges and expenses associated 
with the transportation of the goods 
until the goods have been imported into Solomon Islands;”;  
(ii) by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (f);
(iii)by repealing paragraph (g); and
(iv) by renumbering paragraph (h) as paragrap h
(g).
3. Section 8 of the principal Act is amended –
(a) in subsection (4) –
(i) by deleting “or” at the end of paragraph (b);Short title and 
commencement
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princ i
pal Act 
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(ii) by deleting the full stop at the e nd of
par
agraph (c) and substituting instead a semi-
colon and “or”; an d
(iii
) by adding the following new paragraph –
“(d) any other prescribed condi tions.”; and
(b) in
 subsection  (5) –
(i) b
y deleting “and” at the end of paragr aph
(a
);
(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of
paragraph (b) and substituting instead a
semi-col
on and “and”; an d
(iii) b
y adding the following new paragraph –
“
(c) any other prescribed matter. ”.
4. Section 
10(1) of the principal Act is amended  –
(a) b
y deleting “or” at the end of paragr aph (c);
(b) b
y deleting the full stop at the end of paragra ph
(d
)(ii) and substituting instead a semi-colon and “o r”;
and
(c) b
y adding the following new paragraph –
“
(e) any other prescribed circumstances.”.
5. Section 11 of the principal Act is amended –
(a) in 
subsection (3)
–
(i) by deleting “and” at the end of paragr aph
(a
);
(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end ofparagraph (b) and substituting instead 
a
semi-col
on and “and”; an dSection 10 of the 
principal Act 
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(iii) by adding the following new paragraph –
“(c) with any other prescribed ma tter.”;
and
(b) in subsection (4) –
(i) by deleting “and” at the end of paragr aph
(c);
(ii) by deleting the full stop at the end of
paragraph (d) and substituting instead  a
semi-colon and “and”; and
(iii) by adding the following new paragraph –
“(e) any other prescribed matter. ”.
6. Section 13 of the principal Act is amended –
(a) by deleting “or” at the end of paragr aph (f);
(b) by deleting the full stop at the end of paragraph (g )
and substituting instead a semi-colon and “or”; and
(c) by adding the following new paragraph –
“(h) any other prescribed matter.”.Section 13 of the 
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