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Version date: 22 December 1955 - onwards

15. National character of ship to be declared before clearance.

Amendments (requiring commencement) by Sch. 1 to the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43), published 25 December 2014.

(1) An officer of customs and excise shall not grant a clearance or transire for a ship until the master has stated the nationality of the ship to the officer, and the officer shall there upon inscribe that nationality on the clearance or transire.

(2) A ship which attempts to proceed to sea without having the clearance or transire inscribed under subsection (1) of this section, may be detained until the statement of nationality is made.