Customs Act, 1969

CHAPTER-VII

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF CONVEYANCE

Customs Act, 1969 CHAPTER-VII ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF CONVEYANCE From: 2023-08-01 - To: 0000-00-00 55. Power to refuse port clearance to vessels or permission for departure to other conveyance.- (1) The appropriate officer may refuse to give port-clearance to a vessel or permission for departure to any other conveyance until- (a) the provisions of section 53 or section 54, as the case may be, have been complied with; (b) all station or port dues and other charges and penalties payable in respect of such vessel, or by the owner or master thereof, or in respect of such other conveyance by the owner or person-in-charge thereof, and all taxes, duties and other dues payable in respect of any goods loaded therein, have been duly paid, or their payment secured by such guarantee, or by such deposit at such rate, as such officer directs; (c) where any export goods have been loaded without payment or securing payment as aforesaid of all taxes, duties and other dues payable in respect thereof or in contravention of any provision of this Act or the rules or of any other law for the time being in force relating to export of goods. (i) such goods have been unloaded, or (ii) where the appropriate officer is satisfied that it is not practicable to unload such goods, the person-in-charge or his duly authorized agent has given an undertaking secured by such guarantee or deposit of such amount as the…