Customs Act 1967 s 36
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s 36 Arriving vessels, unless exempted, to be reported, and produce papers
(1) The master of every vessel arriving at any customs port and not being a vessel to which the exemption under section 39 applies shall either personally or through the agent of such vessel—
(a) forthwith report to the proper officer of customs the arrival of such vessel;
(b) give such information relating to the vessel, cargo, crew and voyage, as the proper officer of customs may require; and
(c) on demand by such officer, produce the port clearance, or other document which it is usual to grant, granted at the last port of call and any other documents relating to the vessel, cargo, crew and voyage.
(2) The proper officer of customs may retain the port clearance or other document granted at the last port of call.
(3) Where there has been a failure to comply with subsection
(1) the master or agent of the vessel concerned shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
Malay text (authoritative)
Vesel
(1) Nakhoda tiap-tiap vesel yang tiba di manayang tiba, nana pelabuhan kastam dan bukan suatu vesel di man dilaporkan bengecualian di bawah seksven 39 terpakai hendakla menunjukkan sama ada dengan sendiri atau melalui ejen vesel tersebut— melainkan jika dikecualikan.
(a) dengan serta-merta melaporkan ketibaan vesel tersebut kepada pegawai kastam yang hak;
(b) memberi apa-apa maklumat berhubungan vesel, kargo, kru dan pelayaran, sebagaimana yang dikehendaki oleh pegawai kastam yang hak itu; dan
(c). apabila dikehendaki oleh pegawai tersebut, menunjukkan pelepasan pelabuhan, atau dokumen lain yang lazimnya diberi, yang diberi di pelabuhan persinggahan terakhir dar apa-apa dokumen lain berhubungan dengar vesel, kargo, kru dan pelayaran itu.
(2) Pegawai kastam yang hak itu boleh menahan pelepasan pelabuhan atau dokumen lain yang diberi di pelabuhan persinggahan terakhir itu.
(3) Jika terdapat kegagalan untuk mematuhi subseksyen (1) nakhoda atau ejen vesel berkenaan adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan, apabila disabitkan, boleh didenda tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit. Tiada
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
