1938
No. 36 of 1931.
DUTIABLE COMMODITIES.
Penalty on not bringing to at stations; or carrying away officers. 39 & 40 Vict. c. 36 s. 136. 46 & 47 Vict. c. 55, s. 5. Import and export statements. as the Superintendent by notification in the Gazette may appoint.
16.-(1) If any ship arriving in or departing from this Colony does not bring to at such stations as may be appointed by the Superintendent for examination or for the landing of officers from such ships, the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars.
(2) If any ship departs from any such station without the knowledge of the proper revenue officer or from this Colony with any revenue or other Government officer on board, without the consent of such officer, the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence and shall on summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars.
(3) This section shall apply to aircraft and vehicles and persons in charge thereof as it applies to ships and the masters of ships.
17.-(1) The owners, charterers or agents of every ship, aircraft or vehicle, in which goods to which this Ordinance applies are imported or exported, or the master of every such ship, the person in charge of every such aircraft or the driver of every such vehicle shall-
(a) if the goods are imported, within four hours or as soon as possible thereafter, or
(b) if the goods are exported, within twenty-four hours,
after the arrival in or departure from the Colony, as the case may be, of such ship, aircraft or vehicle, furnish to the Superintendent an accurate and complete statement of all such goods.
(2) The owners, charterers or agents of every ship or aircraft which arrives in or departs from this Colony having on board no goods to which this Ordinance applies, or the master of every such ship or the person in charge of every such aircraft, shall, within four hours after such arrival or as soon as possible thereafter or within twenty-four hours after such departure, as the case may be, furnish to the Superintendent a statement that no such goods were carried in the ship or aircraft.