Section 38
Port clearance before departure
Before any vessel, other than a vessel to which the exemption under section 39 applies, departs from any customs port, the master or the agent of such vessel shall give such information concerning the vessel, the cargo, the crew, the passengers and the voyage, as the proper officer of customs may require and shall deliver to such officer a list of all goods, in respect of which customs duty is payable on export, and a list of all goods of a class the export of which is prohibited, which are to be delivered at another port in Malaysia.
List of goods carried to be endorsed upon or attached to port clearance
(2)
If the proper officer of customs is satisfied that the information given under subsection (1) is accurate, he shall issue to the master or the agent of the vessel, a port clearance in the form and manner as
*NOTE—Previously “one thousand ringgit”–see section 24 of the Customs (Amendment) Act 2019
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determined by the Director General, and shall endorse thereon or, at his discretion, attach thereto, a copy of the list of the goods delivered to the proper officer of customs in accordance with subsection (1).
Port clearance to be carried aboard vessel to next port of call
(3)
Such port clearance shall be carried on board the vessel at all the times when such vessel is in the territorial waters.