Agent's Bond SuspensionCustoms FraudUrgent ReliefFinal Interdict
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Customs and ExciseAgent's BondUrgent Application
legislation
Statutes Cited
Administrative Justice Act
Customs and Excise Act
Customs and Excise Act
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Case Summary
Key Issues
{"issue_text":"Whether the interim relief sought was fatally defective as being final in form, substance and effect","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"The wording of the three paragraphs of interim relief sought"}
{"issue_text":"Whether the applicant should have exhausted internal remedies before approaching the court","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Applicant's concession that respondent has power to suspend bond"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The applicant, a customs clearing agent, brought an urgent chamber application seeking to prohibit the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority from suspending its agent's bond. The suspension arose from the discovery that the applicant had fraudulently imported fuel (petrol and diesel) purportedly as soya bean oil destined for Pure Oil Industries (Pvt) Ltd.
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