8 Manner of application of mark (1) Whenever the name of the country in which goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed is applied to goods for the purposes of section five or six, that name shall be applied in a conspicuous manner— (a) in the case where an offending mark— (i) is applied to the goods themselves, to the goods themselves; or (ii) is applied to any covering or other attachment, either by means of such covering or other attachment or to the goods themselves; and (b) so as to render unlikely the obliteration, erasure or detachment of such name in the ordinary course of handling prior to sale to the consumer; and (c) in a prominent position and so placed that it can be easily read without detaching or unwrapping any part of the covering in which the goods may be offered for sale, or wherever an offending mark is applied. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, by statutory instrument, and for the purposes of sections five and six, prescribe in respect of goods specified in such notice the manner in which the name of the country shall be applied, and in that event subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to those goods. 9 Marking of goods on import (1) If the import of any goods into Zimbabwe is prohibited by section seven, the Director of Customs and Excise, after— (a) being furnished by the importer thereof with proof of the country in which the goods were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed; and (b) being satisfied that the goods are capable of being marked so as to comply with the requirements of section five; may, within such time as he may specify, permit the importer of the goods to mark them so as to comply with such requirements. (2) If any goods referred to in subsection (1) are marked within the time specified in terms of that subsection to the satisfaction of the Director of Customs and Excise, such goods may, notwithstanding section 47 of the Customs and Excise Act [Chapter 23:02], be imported into Zimbabwe. 10 Prohibition of removal of indication of origin from goods (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall remove, alter or obliterate the indication of origin applied to goods in accordance with section five, six or nine. (2) It shall be a sufficient defence to any charge under subsection (1) if the accused proves that the removal, alteration or obliteration was not made for the purpose of concealing the origin of the goods at the time of sale. 11 Minister may require indication of origin and compliance with specified standards in the case of certain classes of goods The Minister may, after such investigation as he thinks fit, by statutory instrument, prohibit the importation for sale or the sale of goods of any class or description unless all or any of the following requirements, as specified in such notice, have been complied with— (a) there are applied to the goods words stating clearly the country in which they were assembled, manufactured, produced or mixed and such words are applied in such manner as may be specified in the notice or, if no manner is specified, in a conspicuous manner; (b) the goods bear such mark as may be specified in the notice and conform to such standard as may be prescribed in the notice; (c) there are applied to the goods in a conspicuous manner and as specified in the notice words or letters stating clearly the materials of which they are