{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-export-and-customs-powers-defence-act-1939/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-export-and-customs-powers-defence-act-1939/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/2-3/69",
  "legislation_title": "Import, Export and Customs Powers (Defence) Act 1939",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/import-export-and-customs-powers-defence-act-1939",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application and extension of law as to prohibited goods.",
  "text": "(1) If any goods—\n(a) are imported, ... in contravention either of an order under this Act or of the law relating to trading with the enemy, ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nthose goods shall be deemed to be prohibited goods and shall be forfeited; ...\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) If any goods are imported, ..., an officer of Customs and Excise may require any person possessing or having control of the goods to furnish proof that the importation, ..., is not unlawful by virtue either of an order under this Act or of the law relating to trading with the enemy; and if such proof is not furnished to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, then, unless the contrary is proved, the goods shall be deemed to be prohibited goods and shall be forfeited.\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1)(a) repealed (1.5.2004) by Export Control Act 2002 (c. 28), ss. 15(3)(a), 16(2) (with s. 16(7)); S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 3(1)(b) repealed (1.5.2004) by Export Control Act 2002 (c. 28), ss. 15(3)(a), 16(2) (with s. 16(7)); S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1) repealed (1.5.2004) by Export Control Act 2002 (c. 28), ss. 15(3)(a), 16(2) (with s. 16(7)); S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 3(2) repealed (1.5.2004) by Export Control Act 2002 (c. 28), ss. 15(3)(b), 16(2) (with s. 16(7)); S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(3) repealed (1.5.2004) by Export Control Act 2002 (c. 28), ss. 15(3)(c), 16(2) (with s. 16(7)); S.I. 2003/2629, art. 2(2) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words substituted by Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (c. 47), Sch. 1 para. 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words repealed by Customs and Excise Act 1952 (c. 44) Sch. 12 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3(3) extended by Emergency Laws (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (c. 47), Sch. 1 para. 5(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/2-3/69/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:32:15.109536+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}