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(2) The Commissioner may at any time require from any registered user the submission
of any original document required to be produced under any of the provisions of this Act.
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Unlawful uses of computer systems
(1) A person who, not being the registered user of a digital signature to whom it is
allocated, uses such a signature in any electronic communication to the Commissioner or the
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority without the authority of such registered user, commits an
offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for a period not
exceeding ten years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
(2) A person who—
(a) makes a false electronic record or falsifies an electronic record; or
(b) dishonestly or fraudulently—
(i) makes, affixes any digital signature to, transmits or executes an electronic
record or communication;
(ii) causes any other person to make, affix any digital signature to, execute,
transmit or execute an electronic record or communication;
commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding level twelve or to imprisonment for
a period not exceeding ten years or to both such fine and such imprisonment.”.
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Amendment of section 182 Cap. 23:02
With effect from the 1st January, 2007, the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02] is
amended by the insertion in section 182 (“Smuggling”) of the following subsections, the existing
section becoming subsection (1)⎯
“(2) If the smuggling of goods referred to in subsection (1) was discovered by the use of
any mechanical scanning device, the person smuggling the goods shall be liable to pay a
penalty equivalent to the value of goods in question,
(3) The Commissioner-General may, by action in any court of competent jurisdiction,
recover from a person smuggling the goods referred to in subsection (2) the penalty there
provided, and such penalty, once recovered, shall form part of the funds of the Zimbabwe
Revenue Authority and be used for the purpose of maintaining mechanical scanning devices
used by the Authority to detect smuggling.".
PART VIII
AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS AND SAVINGS
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Amendment of Cap. 21:03
The Gold Trade Act [Chapter 21:03] is amended⎯
(a) in section 3 (“Prohibition of dealing in or possession of gold”) by the repeal of
subsection (3) and the substitution of—
“(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable—
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