(1) A customs inspection place that is a place to inspect goods subject to customs clearance shall be designated by the head of a customs office.
(2) The head of a customs office may ship goods subject to customs inspection, in whole or in part, into a customs inspection place for the inspection, as prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service.
(3) Expenses incurred in the collection, transportation, etc. of goods shipped into a customs inspection place under paragraph (2) (hereafter in this paragraph, referred to as "inspection expenses") shall be borne by their owners: Provided, That the State may subsidize, as prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, the expenses for the inspection of goods prescribed by Presidential Decree, which are containers of a small and medium enterprise defined in Article 2 of the Framework Act on Small and Medium Enterprises or of a middle-standing enterprise defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Special Act on the Promotion of Growth and the Strengthening of Competitiveness of Middle-Standing Enterprises and are found from the inspection thereof to be in no violation of any statutes or regulations related to the export and import of goods, including this Act or the Foreign Trade Act. <Amended on Dec. 31, 2019>[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]