3. Validation

Where the Director-General of Customs, collects during the period commencing on January 1, 2003 and ending on the date of the commencement of this Act, from any person a levy in terms of section 2, on the cost, insurance and freight value of such article, such collection shall be deemed for all purposes to have been, and to be, validly made, and the

Director-General of Customs is hereby indemnified against all actions, civil or criminal, in respect of such collection.”.