Clearance of and if the Goods so examined shall be found to correspond OUTWARDS. in all respects with the Cocket and Clearance purporting to be for the same, such Goods shall be repacked (1) at the Charge of such Searcher, who may be allowed such Charge by the Commissioners of the Customs, if they shall see fit so to do. but if correct must repack. Clearance of Ship. Content to be delivered to Searcher. Cockets to be delivered by Shippers to LXXIII. AND be it further enacted, That before any Ship shall be cleared (2) outwards at any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, with any Goods shipped on board the same in such Port, the Master shall deliver a Content of such Ship to the Searcher, setting forth the Name and Tonnage of such Ship, and the Place or Places of her Destination, Particulars. and the Name of the Master, and also an Account of the Goods shipped on board, and of the Packages containing such Goods, and of the Marks and Numbers upon such Packages, and a like Account of the Goods on board, if any, which had been reported Inwards (3) for Exportation in such Ship, so far as any of such Particulars can be known by him; AND also, before the Clearance of such Ship, the Cockets, with the Endorsements and Clearances thereon for the Goods shipped, shall be finally delivered by the respective Shippers (4) of such be filed. Goods to the Searcher, who shall file the same together (5), and shall attach with a Seal a Label to the File, showing the Number of Cockets contained in the File, and shall compare the Particulars of the Goods in the Cockets with the Particulars of the Goods in such Content, – and shall attest the Correctness thereof by his Signature on the Label and on the Content; AND the Master to swear Master of the Ship shall make Oath before the Collector to Content. or Controller to the Truth of such Content; and shall also answer upon Oath to the Collector or Controller such Questions concerning the Ship, the Cargo, and the intended Voyage, as shall be demanded of him AND there- Clearance notiupon the Collector or Controller shall clear such Ship for her intended Voyage, and shall notify such Clearance and ; (1) See Goods press-packed for Drawback, &c. § 88. (2) If with any Coals, and from a Port where Coals are first shipped, see Fitter's Certificate, § 120. (3) See § 8. and 76. (4) Who are to keep their Cockets 'till then, see $ 59. (5) And with the Cockets file Copy of Report for any Goods reported for Exportation, $ 76. fied on Content, on File, and on Victualling Bill, and in Book. Clearance of OUTWARDS. the Date thereof upon the Content, - and upon the Label to the File of Cockets, and upon the Victualling Bill (1), - and also in the Book of Ship's Entries outwards, for the Information of all Parties interested; and shall transmit (2) the Content, and the Cockets, and the Victualling Bill to the Searcher; and the Particulars to be contained in such Content shall be written and arranged in such Form and Manner as the Collector and Controller shall require. File of Cockets and Victualling Master as the In Ballast. Master to an swer on Oath. Clearance notified on Victualling Bill and in Book. LXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That the File of Cockets and the Victualling Bill shall thereupon be delivered by the Searcher to the Master of such Ship, at such Station (3) within the Port, and in such Manner as shall be appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for that Purpose; and such File of Cockets (4) and Victualling Bill so delivered shall be kept by the Master of such Ship, as the Authority for departing from the Port with the several Parcels and Packages of Goods and of Stores on board, so far as they shall agree with the Particulars in the Endorsements on such Cockets, or with such Victualling Bill. LXXV. AND be it further enacted, That if any Ship is to depart in Ballast from the United Kingdom, or from the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, having no Goods on board except the Stores of such Ship borne upon the Victualling Bill, or any Goods reported Inwards (5) for Exportation in such Ship, the Master of such Ship shall, before her Departure, answer upon Oath to the Collector or Controller such Questions touching her Departure and Destination as shall be demanded of him; AND thereupon the Collector or Controller shall clear such Ship in Ballast, — and shall notify such Clearance (6) and the Date thereof on the Victualling Bill, and also in the Book of Ships' Entries Outwards, for the Information of all Parties interested; AND such Victualling Bill (1) See § 57. (2) Stations may be appointed for delivering the Clearance to the Master, $.74. 80. 131. (3) Ships to bring to at Stations, § 80. 131. (4) Ships may be boarded within the Limits, &c., and File of Cockets, &c. demanded by Officers, § 79. (5) See § 8. and 9.; also Copy of Report as Clearance for such Goods, § 76. (6) See Ship departing with Goods or Stores, &c. § 56. shall be kept by the Master of such Ship as the Clearance OUTWARDS of the same. LXXVI. AND be it further enacted, That if there be on board any Ship any Goods of the Inward Cargo which were reported for Exportation in the same, the Master shall, before Clearance Outwards of such Ship from any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, deliver to the Searcher a Copy of the Report Inwards of such Goods, certified by the Collector and Controller; AND such Copy, being found to correspond with the Goods so remaining on board, shall be the Authority to the Searcher to pass such Ship with such Goods on board; and being signed by the Searcher, and filed with the Cockets (1), shall be the Clearance of the Ship for those Goods. Clearance of Part of former Cargo reported for Exportation. Copy of Report to be the Clear ance. gage in his Ship with Baggage only Ballast. deemed to be in LXXVII. AND be it further enacted, That if any If any PassenPassengers are to depart in any Ship from the United, gers, Master Kingdom, or from the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the may enter BagSeas, it shall be lawful for the Master of such Ship to pass. Name. an Entry and to receive a Cocket in his Name for the. necessary personal Baggage of all such Passengers, and duly to clear such Baggage for Shipment in their Behalf, stating in such Clearances the Particulars of the Packages, and the Names of the respective Passengers; and if such Ship is to take no other Goods than the necessary personal Baggage of Passengers actually going the Voyage, it shall be lawful for such Master to enter such Ship Outwards in Ballast for Passengers only; and if no other Goods than such Baggage, duly entered and cleared, be taken on board such Ship, the same shall be deemed to be a Ship in Ballast, notwithstanding such Baggage, and shall be described in the Clearance, on the Content, and on the Label to the Cocket or Cockets, and on the Victualling Bill, and in the Book of Ships' Entries, as a Ship cleared in Ballast, except as to the necessary personal Baggage of Passengers going the Voyage. LXXVIII. AND be it further enacted, That if the In Ballast. Master and Crew of any Foreign Ship which is to depart in Ballast from the United Kingdom for Parts beyond the (1) (If any), see § 73. ; if there be no Cockets, such Copy will alone be the Clearance for the Goods. Clearance of Master may enter Goods for private Use of Privilege; 201. Master, 101. Mate, 51. Crew. OUTWARDS. Seas, shall be desirous to take on board Chalk Rubbish by way of Ballast, to take with them for their private Use any small Quantities of Goods of British Manufacture, it shall be lawful for such Master, without entering such Ship Outwards, to pass an Entry in his Name, and receive a Cocket free of any Export Duty for all such Goods, Self and Crew. under the general Denomination of British Manufactures not prohibited to be exported, being for the Use and Privilege of the Master and Crew, and not being of greater Value than in the Proportion of Twenty Pounds for the Master, and Ten Pounds for the Mate, and Five Pounds for each of the Crew, and stating that the Ship is in Ballast; and the Master shall duly clear such Goods for Shipment in Behalf of himself and Crew, stating in such Clearances the Particulars of the Goods and Packages, and the Names of the Crew who shall jointly or severally take any of such Goods under this Privilege; - and such Ship shall be deemed to be a Ship in Ballast, and be cleared as such, and without a Content, notwithstanding such Goods, or such Cocket or Cockets; AND such Clearance shall be notified by the Collector or Controller on the Label to the Cocket or Cockets, and on the Victualling Bill, — and in the Book of Ships' Entries, as a Clearanee in Ballast, except as to the Privilege of the Master and Crew. Master to clear the Goods. Ship to be deemed in Ballast. Officers may after Clearance. - LXXIX. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be board any Ship lawful for the Officers of the Customs to go on board any Ship after Clearance Outwards, within the Limits of any Port in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, — or within Four Leagues of the Coast thereof, and to demand the File of Cockets (1), and the Victualling Bill; AND if there be any Goods or Stores on board not contained in the Endorsements on the Cockets, nor in the Victualling Bill, such Goods or Stores shall be forfeited; Goods not on feited. Goods on on board. Penalty. Cocket falsified. Penalty. AND if any Goods contained in such Endorsements be not on board, the Master shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds for every Package or Parcel of Goods contained in such Endorsements and not on board; AND if any Cocket be at any Time falsified, the Person who shall have falsified the same, or who shall have wilfully used the same, shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds. (1) See $73. and 74. Clearance of Ship. LXXX. AND be it further enacted, That every Ship OUTWARDS. departing from any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, shall bring to at such Stations within the Port as shall be appointed by the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs for the Landing of Officers from Ships to bring such Ships, -or for further Examination previous to such Departure. (1) to at Stations. Debenture Entry in Name of real Owner; LXXXI. AND be it further enacted, That no Drawback (2) or Bounty (3) shall be allowed upon the Exportation from the United Kingdom of any Goods, unless such Goods shall have been entered in the Name of the Person who was the real Owner thereof at the Time of Entry and Shipping, or of the Person who had actually purchased or of the Comand shipped the same, in his own Name and at his own mission MerLiability and Risk, on Commission, according to the Practice of Merchants, and who was and shall have continued to be entitled in his own Right to such Drawback or Bounty, except in the Cases (4) herein-after provided for. -- LXXXII. AND be it further enacted, That such Owner or Commission Merchant shall make Oath upon the Debenture that the Goods mentioned therein have been actually exported, and have not been relanded, and are not intended to be relanded in any Part of the United Kingdom, nor in the Isle of Man, (unless entered for the Isle (5) of Man), nor in the Islands of Faro or Ferro, and that he was the real Owner thereof at the Time of Entry and Shipping, or that he had purchased and shipped the said Goods in his own Name, and at his own Liability and Risk, on Commission, as the Case may be, and that he was and continued to be entitled to the Drawback or Bounty thereon in his own Right: PROVIDED pur Oath to Exportation, and to Property, and to Right to Drawback or Bounty. If Drawback, &c. be not purchased, Name of Person entitled always, that if such Owner or Merchant shall not have chased the Right to such Drawback or Bounty, he shall declare under his Hand upon the Entry, and in his Oath to be declared. upon the Debenture, the Person who is entitled thereto; and the Name of such Person shall be stated in the Cocket, and in the Debenture; and the Receipt of (1) For delivering Clearance, § 74. Penalty for not bringing to, § 131. (2) See Table, Cap. 111. (3) See Table, Cap. 113. (4) Owner not resident within 20 Miles, § 83.; Joint Stock Companies, ibid. Consignec of Goods from Abroad, § 84. |