Malaysia legislation
Section 17
of Ports And Harbours Ports Harbours And Dues Regulations 2008
Section 17
Port clearance
(1)
No vessel, other than a small ship trading within coastal trade limits, shall leave any port limits without a valid port clearance and the document of security.
(2)
If the master of any ship obtains a port clearance and does not sail within 24
hours thereafter, he shall report to the port officer his reason for not sailing, and, if so required, obtain a fresh port clearance.
(3)
A port officer may refuse to issue port clearance to any ship whose owner or master has not complied with any written law for the time being in force and order the ship to shift to the appropriate anchorage without any cost to the Department.
(4)
Where under any other written law, a ship may be detained by any other agencies, a port officer may, refuse to issue an endorsement for port clearance to that ship.
(5)
A port officer shall not issue port clearance to any ship being detained, until the master of such ship has declared that the ship has cleared the reason she has been detained.
(6)
Any ship required by these Regulations to be registered or licensed or to have a document of security may be detained until the master of the ship, if so required by the port officer, produces evidence to the satisfaction of the port officer.
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Signals prior departure