Clearance of Packages to be endorsed on Cocket. Marks and Numbers and total Quantities. OUTWARDS. granted shall be shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, the same shall be duly cleared for Shipment with the Searcher; AND before any Goods be cleared for Shipment, the Particulars of the Goods for each Clearance shall be endorsed on such Cocket, together with the Number and Denomination or Description of the respective Packages containing the same;-and in the Margin of each such Endorsement shall be delineated the respective Marks and Numbers of such Packages; and to each such Endorsement shall be subjoined, in Words at Length, an Account of the total Quantities of each Sort of Goods intended in such Endorsement, and the total Number of each Sort of Package in which such Goods are contained, -distinguishing such Goods, if any, as are to be cleared for any Bounty or Drawback of Excise or Customs (1), under particular and also such Goods, if any, as are subject to any Duty on Exportation, or entitled to any Exemption from such Duty, and also such Goods, if any, as can only be exported by virtue of some particular Order or Authority, -or under some particular Restriction or Condition, some particular Purpose or Destination; AND all cleared forfeited. Goods shipped, or waterborne to be shipped, not being duly cleared as aforesaid, shall be forfeited. Bounty, Drawback, or Duty Goods, or Goods Conditions. Goods not Cocket endorsed. Shipping Bill. Order of Coals, &c. for Exportation may be transhipped. or for LXV. AND be it further enacted, That the Person clearing (2) such Goods for Shipment shall, upon each Occasion, produce the Cocket so endorsed to the Searcher, —and shall also deliver a Shipping Bill or Copy of such Endorsement, referring by Names and Date to the Cocket upon which such Endorsement is made, and shall obtain the Order of the Searcher for the Shipment of such Goods; and the Particulars to be contained in such Endorsement, and in such Shipping Bill, shall be written and arranged in such Form and Manner as the Collector and Controller shall require. LXVI. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Searcher and Coastwaiter in any Port to permit any Quantity of Coals or of Slates, duly entered and cleared for Exportation, to be shipped directly by Transhipment out of any Coasting Ship in which the same (1) For Abatement of Duty on account of Damage, see § 29; for Goods not worth the Drawback, see $ 85. (2) The Party has the keeping of the Cocket, see § 59. shall have been brought Coastwise into such Port, and OUTWARDS. without Payment (1) of any Coast Duty thereon. Clearance of Goods. LXVII. AND be it further enacted, That if any Coals Coals brought ment of Coast shall have been brought Coastwise from One Port of the Coastwise may United Kingdom to another, and the Master shall be be exported minded to proceed with such Coals or any Part of them without Payto Parts beyond the Seas, it shall be lawful for such Duty. Master to enter such Ship (2) — and such Coals outwards for the intended Voyage, without first landing the Coals intended for Exportation, and without paying the Coast Duty thereon; provided the Officers of the Customs shall be satisfied that the Quantity of Coals left on board, added to any which may have been landed, does not exceed the Quantity set forth in the Transire (3) for the same. delivered to the Searcher. LXVIII. AND in order that correct Accounts may be Export of Free taken of the Value of the Exports of Free Goods, be it Goods. further enacted,—THAT upon the Clearance for Shipment of any Goods, the Produce or Manufacture of the United Kingdom, not liable to any Export Duty,an Account, containing an accurate Specification of the Account of Quantity, Quality, and Value of such Goods, together Value to be with a Declaration to the Truth of the same, signed by the Exporter, or his known Agent, shall be delivered to the Searcher by the Person clearing such Goods; - and if such Declaration be false, the Person signing the same shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds; AND that it shall be lawful for the Searcher to call for the Invoice, Bills of Parcels, and such other Documents relating to the Goods, as he may think necessary for ascertaining the true Value of the same: PROVIDED always, that if such Exporter or Agent shall make and sign an Affidavit before the Collector or Controller, that the Value of the Goods cannot be ascertained in Time for the Shipment of the same, and such Affidavit shall be delivered to the Searcher at the Time of Clearance, a further Time of Three Months shall be allowed for the Delivery of such separate Shipping Bill, on Failure whereof such Exporter or Agent shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty Pounds. (1) If paid it would be drawn back, see Cap 111. Table, Coastwise. (2) See Entry of Ship, § 58; of Goods, § 59. (3) See 109, and Fitter's Certificate, § 120; if small Coals, see Cap. 111. § 16. and 56 Geo. 3. c. 127. Appendix. OUTWARDS. Clearance of Goods for Excise Drawback. Notice to Officer of Excise. 6o GEO. 4. LXIX. AND be it further enacted, That no Drawback of Excise shall be allowed upon any Goods so cleared, unless the Person intending to claim such Drawback shall have given due Notice to the Officer of Excise, in Form and Manner required by any Law in force relating to the Excise, and shall have obtained and have produced to the Searcher at the Time of clearing such Goods a proper Document under the Hand of the Officer of Excise, containing the necessary Description of the Goods for which such Drawback is to be claimed ; And if the Goods to be cleared and shipped under the Care of the Searcher shall, upon Examination, be found to correspond in all respects with the Particulars of the Goods contained in such Document, and such Goods shall be duly shipped Shipment certi- and exported, the Searcher shall, if required, certify such Shipment upon such Document, and shall transmit the same to the Officer of Excise. Excise Order to fied. Officer of Excise may attend Examination. Goods for Duty, Drawback, &c. brought for Shipment. Searcher may LXX. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Officer of Excise to attend and assist at such Examination, and to mark or seal the Packages, and to keep joint Charge of the same, together with the Searcher, until the same shall have been finally delivered by him into the sole Charge of the Searcher, to be shipped and exported under his Care. LXXI. And be it further enacted, That if any Goods, which are subject to any Duty or Restriction in respect of Exportation, or if any Goods which are to be shipped for any Drawback or Bounty, shall be brought to any Quay, Wharf, or other Place, to be shipped for Exportation, and such Goods shall not agree with the Endorsement (1) on the Cocket, or with the Shipping Bill (2), the same shall be forfeited; - AND if any Goods prohibited to be exported be found in any Package brought as aforesaid, such Package and every Thing contained therein shall be forfeited. LXXII. AND be it further enacted, That it shall be open any Pack- lawful for the Searcher to open all Packages, and fully to examine all Goods shipped or brought for Shipment at any Place in the United Kingdom, or in the Isle of Man ; age; Clearance of Goods. 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 but if correct see fit so to do. must repack. Clearance of Content to be delivered to 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 Searcher. 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 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; 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 therethe Collector or Controller shall clear such Ship for her intended Voyage, and shall notify such Clearance and upon (1) See Goods press-packed for Drawback, &c. § 88. filed. AND the Master to swear (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 Exportation, § 76. Copy of Report for any Goods reported for Clearance noti fied on Content, on File, and on Victualling Bill, and in Book. Ship. OUTWARDS. the Date thereof upon the Content, and upon the Label to the File of Cockets, and upon the Victualling Bill (1), Clearance of 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 Bill de ivered to - LXXIV. AND be it further enacted, That the File of and Victualling 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; 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 Ship's Entries Outwards, for the Information of all Parties interested; AND such Victualling Bill AND (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 |