Penang Port Commission Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part VII · Offences, Damages, Penalties and Proceedings
83. List of all goods imported or exported to be left at office of Commission
Feedback & supportThe master or owner of every importing vessel or his agent shall sign and leave at the office of the Commission, within fourteen days next after the final discharge of all goods imported by the vessel, a full and accurate list thereof, containing all particulars
master
“master” includes every person, except a pilot, having for the time being the command or charge of any vessel;
*NOTE—Previously “five hundred ringgit”–see Penang Port Commission (Amendment) Act 1993
port
“port” means the Port of Penang within the limits declared under section 6 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 [Ord. 70 of 1952];
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Commission
“Commission” means the Penang Port Commission established and incorporated under this Act;
as to gross weight or measurement, marks, numbers and contents of each package, and the names of the consignees according to the bills of lading or the names of the persons actually paying the freight for the same.
Any owner, master or agent who fails to leave such a list shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding *two thousand ringgit.
The owner, charterer, consignor, agent or other person acting in the loading and clearing of every exporting vessel shall prepare a full and accurate list or manifest of all goods so exported by the vessel from the bills of lading and freight list thereof, and shall sign and leave at the office of the Commission within fourteen days after the vessel has cleared from the port, a correct transcript of the list or manifest, distinguishing therein the names of the several shippers of the goods according to the bills of lading.
vessel
“vessel” includes any ship or boat or by other description of vessel used in navigation;
Any owner, charterer, consignor, agent or other person as aforesaid who fails to prepare such a list or manifest, and to sign and deliver such a transcript, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding *two thousand ringgit.