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General
Provision.

Goods not to be

shipped till Entry of Ship and Entry of Goods

and Cocket

granted;

from any Port or Place in the United Kingdom or in the OUTWARDS. Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, and of all Goods taken out of the United Kingdom or out of the Isle of Man; and it is therefore necessary to make Regulations for the entering and clearing outwards of all such Ships, and for the entering, clearing, and shipping of all such Goods; BE it therefore enacted, That no Goods shall be shipped or waterborne to be shipped on board any Ship, in any Port or Place in the United Kingdom or in the Isle of Man, to be carried to Parts beyond the Seas, before due Entry outwards of such Ship (1), and due Entry of such Goods (2) shall have been madeand Cocket granted, nor before such Goods shall have nor till cleared; been duly cleared (3) for Shipment, in manner herein-after directed; and that no Stores shall be shipped for the Use of any such Ship bound to Parts beyond the Seas, nor shall any Goods be deemed or admitted to be such Stores, except such as shall be borne upon the Victualling Bill (4) duly granted for such Ship; AND that no Goods shall be so shipped, or waterborne to be so shipped, except at such Times and Places (5), and in such Manner, and by such Persons (6), and under the Care of such Officers, as is and are herein-after directed; and all Goods and Stores which shall be shipped (7) or be waterborne to be shipped contrary hereto shall be forfeited.

LVI. AND be it further enacted, That no Ship on board of which any Goods or Stores shall have been shipped in any Port in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the Seas, shall depart from such Port until such Ship shall have been duly cleared outwards (8) for her intended Voyage, in manner herein-after directed, under Forfeiture of the Sum of One hundred Pounds by the Master of such Ship.

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nor Stores without Victualling Bill.

Proper Times and Places and forfeited.

Officers; or

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LVII. AND be it further enacted, That the Master of Victualling Bill every Ship which is to depart from any Port in the United for Stores. Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man, for Parts beyond the

(1) See § 58.

(3) See § 64.

(5) See § 97.

(2) See § 59.

(4) See § 57.

(6) See § 89.

(7) See also Penalty on Master, § 58. See also Penalty on Party if Goods

escape Detention, § 98.

(8) With Goods, see § 73; in Ballast, with Stores, see § 75,

6° GEO. 4. OUTWARDS. Seas, shall upon due Application made by him,-receive from the Searcher a Victualling Bill for the Shipment of such Stores (1) as he shall require, and as shall be allowed by the Collector and Comptroller for the Use of such Ship, according to the Voyage upon which she is about to depart; AND that no Articles taken on board any Ship shall be deemed to be Stores, except such as shall be borne upon the Victualling Bill for the same. (2)

Ship's Entry.

Master to deliver
Certificate of

Clearance of last
Voyage and to
make Entry
outwards.

Particulars of
Entry.

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LVIII. AND be it further enacted, That the Master of every Ship in which any Goods are to be exported from the United Kingdom, or from the Isle of Man, to Parts beyond the Seas, shall, before any Goods (3) be taken on board, deliver to the Collector or Controller - a Certificate from the proper Officer of the Clearance Inwards or Coastwise (4) of such Ship of her last Voyage, specifying what Goods, if any, have been reported inwards for Exportation (5), and shall also deliver to the Collector or Controller an Account, signed by the Master or his Agent, of the Entry outwards of such Ship for her intended Voyage, setting forth the Name and Tonnage of the Ship, the Name of the Place to which she belongs if a British Ship, or of the Country if a Foreign Ship, the Name of the Master, and the Name or Names of the Place or Places for which she is bound, if any Goods are to be shipped for the same, and the Name of the Place in such Port at which she is to take in her Lading for such Voyage, AND if such Ship shall have commenced her Lading at some other Port (6), the Master shall state the Name of any Port at which any Goods have been laden, and shall produce a Certificate from the Searcher that the Cockets for such Goods have been delivered to him; AND the Particulars of such Account shall be written and arranged in such Form and Manner as the Collector and Controller shall require; - and such Account shall be the Entry outwards of such Ship, and shall be entered in a Book to be kept by the Collector, for the Information of all Parties interested; — AND if any Goods be taken on board any Ship before she shall have

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(1) For those of former Voyage, see § 33, and Cap. 112. § 14. 17. and 30. (2) See § 73.

(3) If a new British Ship, her Name must be first painted, see Cap. 110.

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(4) Coals may remain on board for outward Voyage, § 67.

(5) See Clearance outwards, § 73. 75. and 76.

(6) The Ship will have a Clearance from such Port, § 73.

been entered outwards,
of One hundred Pounds:
where it shall become necessary to lade any heavy Goods
on board any Ship before the Whole of the inward Cargo
is discharged, it shall be lawful for the Collector and
Controller to issue a Stiffning Order for that Purpose, pre-
vious to the Entry Outwards of the Ship.

the Master shall forfeit the Sum OUTWARDS.
PROVIDED always, that

Ship's Entry.

LIX. AND be it further enacted, That the Person Entry of Goods. entering Outwards any Goods to be exported to Parts Bill of the Entry beyond the Seas from any Port in the United Kingdom or to be delivered. in the Isle of Man, shall deliver to the Collector or Con

Duties.

trollera Bill of the Entry thereof, fairly written in Particulars. Words at Length, expressing the Name of the Ship, and of the Master, and of the Place to which the Goods are to be exported, and of the Person in whose Name the Goods are to be entered, and the Quantities and proper Denominations or Descriptions of the several Sorts of Goods, —AND shall pay down any Duties which Payment of may be due upon the Exportation of any such Goods; and such Person shall also deliver at the same Time One or more Duplicates of such Bill, in which all Sums and Numbers may be expressed in Figures; Particulars to be contained in such Bill shall be arranged in such Form and Manner, and the such Duplicates shall be such, as the Collector and Controller shall require ; AND thereupon the Collector Cocket to be and Controller shall cause a Cocket to be written for such granted. Goods, making it known that such Goods have been so entered; and every Cocket shall be signed by such

AND the written and Number of

Collector and Controller, and be delivered to the Per- Person enterson who shall have made such Entry, and such Person ing Goods reshall keep (1) and be responsible for the proper Use of the sponsible for

same.

Cocket.

Drawback or
Bounty;

LX. AND be it further enacted, That if any Drawback Goods for or Bounty be allowable upon the Exportation of any such Goods, or any Duty be payable thereon, or any Exemption from Duty claimed, or if any such Goods be exportable only according to some particular Rule or Regulation, or under some Restriction or Condition, or for some particular Purpose or Destination,

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(1) The Cocket is to be produced to Searcher for each Shipment of Goods §65, and to be delivered to Searcher for Clearance of Ship, § 73.

Entry of Goods.

Goods under
Restriction;

Ad valorem
Goods.

OUTWARDS. Goods shall be entered and cleared for Shipment by such Denominations or Descriptions as are used, mentioned, or referred to in the granting of such Drawback or Bounty,or in the levying of such Duty, or granting such Exemption, or in the directing of such Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Conditions, Purpose, or Destination; AND if the Goods in such Entry are charged to pay Duty according to the Value thereof, such Value shall be stated in the Entry, and shall be affirmed by the Declaration of the Exporter or his known Agent, to be made upon the Declaration of Entry, and attested by his Signature; AND if any Person shall make such Declaration, not being the Expor ter of such Goods, nor his Agent duly authorized by him, such Person shall forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds; AND such Declaration shall be made in Manner and Form following, and shall be binding upon the Person making the same; that is to say,

Value.

Form of Decla

ration.

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4. B. do hereby declare, That I am the Exporter of the Goods mentioned in this Entry, [or that I am • duly authorized by him], and I do enter the same at the • Value of

Witness my Hand, the

Day of

A. B.

Goods under..

LXI. AND be it further enacted, That if upon Examivalued detained. nation (1) it shall appear to the Officers of the Customs that such Goods are not valued according to the true Value thereof, the same may be detained (2), and (within Two Days) taken and disposed of for the Benefit of the Crown, in like Manner as is herein-before provided in respect of Goods imported (3); — except that no Sum in addition to the Amount of the Valuation, and the Duties paid, shall be paid to the Exporter or Proprietor of the Goods.

For Drawback,

or from Ware-
to be first paid.

Manner of
Entry.

LXII. AND be it further enacted, That the Person in tending to enter outwards any Foreign Goods for Drawback, or any Foreign Goods which are to be exported from the Warehouse, or any Foreign Goods upon which the Duties inwards are required to have been paid before the same be exported,-shall first deliver to the Collector or Controller of the Port where such Goods were imported or are warehoused, Two or more Bills, as the Case may

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require, of the Particulars of the Importation of such OUTWARDS. Goods, and of the Entry outwards intended to be made; —AND thereupon such Collector and Controller, find- Entry of Goods. ing such Bills to agree with the Entry inwards, shall write Certificate off such Goods from the same, and shall issue a Certificate inwards. of such Entry for Warehousing or Payment of Duties, as the Case may be, with such Particulars thereof as shall be necessary for the Computation of the Drawback allow- Particulars. able on such Goods, or for the due Delivery thereof from the Warehouse, and setting forth in such Certificate the Destination of the Goods, and the Person in whose Name they are to be entered for Exportation, and also the Ship in which they are to be exported, if they are to be exported from the Port where such Certificate is issued, but if from another Port, then only the Name of such other Port; AND such Certificate, together with Two or more Bills of the same, as the Case may require, in which all Sums and Numbers may be expressed in Figures, being delivered to the Collector or Controller of the Port from which the Goods are to be exported, shall be the Entry outwards of such Goods; AND such

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Collector and Controller shall thereupon cause a Cocket to be written and delivered for such Goods, in manner hereinbefore directed. (1)

LXIII. AND be it further enacted, That no Cocket shall be granted for the Exportation of any Coals to the Isle of Man, or to any British Possession, until the Exporter thereof shall have given Security by Bond in a penal Sum of Forty Shillings the Chaldron, with Condition that the same shall be landed (2) at the Place for which they shall be exported, or otherwise accounted for to the Satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Customs; - and also with Condition to produce (within such Time as the said Commissioners shall require, to be expressed in such Bond) a Certificate of the Landing of such Coals at such Place, under the Hand of the Collector or Controller, or other proper Officer at such Place:- PROVIDED always, that the Bond so to be given in respect of Coals shall not be liable to any Duty of Stamps.

LXIV. AND be it further enacted, That before any Part of the Goods for which any Cocket shall have been

(1) See § 59.

(2) And may not be re-exported, except to another British Place, see Cap. 114. § 85.

Coals Export
Bond to Isle of
Possessions.

Man and British

Clearance of
Goods.

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