Section 53: Application for port clearance of vessels

53. Application for port clearance of vessels.- (1) Every application for port- clearance shall be made by the master of a vessel at least twenty-four hours before the intended departure of the vessel: Provided that the Collector of Customs or an officer authorized by him in this behalf may for special reasons to be recorded allow a shorter period for the delivery of the said application. (2) The master shall, at the time of applying for port clearance,- (a) deliver to the appropriate officer an export manifest in duplicate in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Board signed by such master specifying all goods to be exported in the vessel and showing separately all goods and stores entered in the import manifest, and not landed or consumed on board or transshipped 10[:] 11[Provided that the Collector of Customs, through a special or general order, on such terms and conditions as he may deem fit to impose, may allow acceptance of digital signatures, in lieu of the manual ones, on electronically transmitted export manifest.] (b) deliver to the appropriate officer such 12/13[ goods declaration] or other documents as such officer acting under the general instructions of the Collector of Customs requires; and (c) answer such questions respecting the departure and destination of the vessel as are put to him by the appropriate officer. (3) The provisions of section 45 relating to the amendment of import manifests shall, mutatis mutandis, apply also to export manifests delivered under this section or under section 54.

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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