Section 58
Person in charge of local craft to make declaration before departure
The master of any local craft, whether carrying cargo or not, leaving any customs port shall, before the departure of such local craft, make a declaration in the form and manner as determined by the
Director General of all cargo shipped on board his local craft and the port or ports of destination of such cargo to the proper officer of customs, and if no cargo is being carried he shall make a declaration accordingly:
Provided that in the case of a local craft which in the circumstances mentioned in, and under the provisions of, section 61 is deemed to leave such customs port, no declaration shall be required if the proper officer of customs is satisfied that a declaration has already been made at a customs port further upstream.
(2)
No cargo shall be loaded into the local craft except with the permission of the proper officer of customs.