Customs Act, 1969

CHAPTER-VII

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF CONVEYANCE

From: 2023-08-01 - To: 0000-00-00 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 1[:] 2[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…