24. Payment and refund of a provisional safeguard measure

The amount of a provisional safeguard measure shall be collected and paid in the form of a cheque or a cash payment, or guaranteed by the furnishing of a bond or deposit in favour of the Director-General of Customs.

Any amount collected as a provisional safeguard measure shall be refunded and any bond or deposit shall be promptly released, if subsequent investigations do not result in a determination that increased imports have caused or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry.

The Director-General of Customs shall be responsible for the assessment and collection of provisional safeguard measures, and the provisions of the Customs Ordinance relating to collection of duties, shall mutatis mutandis apply to and in relation to the same.