17 Liability for and payment of carbon tax by visitors to Zimbabwe 3.(1) A visitor to Zimbabwe who uses within Zimbabwe a motor vehicle registered outside Zimbabwe shall⎯ (a) upon entering Zimbabwe; and (b) for each month or part of a month during which he visits Zimbabwe; pay the required carbon tax in respect of such vehicle to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority, in United States dollars, Euros or any other currency denominated under the Exchange Control (General) Order, 1996 (Statutory Instrument 110 of 1996), at the rate of exchange specified in the Exchange Control (Exchange Rate) Direction, 2002 (Statutory Instrument 223 of 2002) or the equivalent international cross rate of exchange if the tax is paid otherwise than in United States dollars. (2) Carbon tax shall be payable at any port of entry or branch or division department of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority responsible for assessing, collecting and enforcing the payment of taxes under this Act: Provided that if a visitor to Zimbabwe stays in Zimbabwe for a longer period than the period for which he or she originally paid carbon tax he or she shall, at any time before leaving Zimbabwe, pay the additional carbon tax in respect of such vehicle to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority in foreign currency as provided in this paragraph. (2) Any person who fails to comply with subparagraph (1) or (2) shall incur a penalty of two per centum of the carbon tax due for every week or part of a week during which the default continues, and every such penalty shall be recoverable by the Commissioner by action in any court of competent jurisdiction. Carbon tax receipt 4.(1) A liable person shall, when paying over any carbon tax in terms of this Schedule, complete a prescribed form. (2) Upon completion of the prescribed form and payment of the required carbon tax, the certifying authority shall issue him or her with a carbon tax receipt. (3) A police officer may demand that any liable person produce a carbon tax receipt as proof that he or she has paid the carbon tax. (4) If any carbon tax receipt is lost or destroyed or any essential particulars thereon have been defaced or if the certificate is dilapidated, the issuing authority, on application by the holder thereof and on payment of the fee, if any, prescribed, shall issue a duplicate carbon tax receipt. Offence of failing to produce carbon tax receipt and compromise thereof 5.(1) Subject to subparagraph (2), any person in charge of a motor vehicle liable for carbon tax who does not produce a carbon tax receipt when required to do so under paragraph 4, shall, whether or not he or she is the liable person, be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine equal to the amount of the carbon tax payable for the vehicle or, in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months: Provided that if the failure to produce the carbon tax receipt was due to its loss or destruction and not to non-payment of carbon tax, a police officer or officer of the Authority may require the person in charge of the motor vehicle concerned or, if he or she is

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