Bringing Keris to Indonesia from Overseas

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Originally Posted by A. G. Maisey

Wish I'd known about little bit law a long time ago Yohan.

But on the other hand, educating Customs officers is probably no more pleasant than dealing with them in other ways.

Yes Alan it always good to know the law but like you said sometimes the reality is another thing.

I’ve had a similar experience when bringing my keris to Australia. Two young custom officers look at my customs declaration (in which I ticked weapon) and my B709B form then he pointed out at the B709B form and asked me what is this? I was quite surprised and answered well it was a certification from the police to allow me to import this dagger. He turned to his colleague and asked have you seen this before? His colleague shook his head and left, after while he came back with by the look of it a more senior officer who looked at my form and said ah yes it’s a police permit. He then told me for this kind of dagger normally you don’t need this form but it’s good that you have it and he let me through.

What a relief