Clearance of Vessel for Foreign Port.
Section 1215
SEC. 1215. Clearance of Vessel for Foreign Port. – Before a clearance shall be granted to any vessel bound to a foreign port, the master or the agent thereof shall present to the District Collector the following properly authenticated documents: (a) A bill of health from the quarantine officer or officer of the public health service in the port; (b) Three (3) copies of the manifest of export cargo, one of which, upon certification by the customs officer as to the correctness of the copy, shall be returned to the master; (c) Two (2) copies of the passengers list, showing foreigners and other passengers; (d) The register and shipping goods, if the vessel is of Philippine registry; (e) Clearance issued by the last port of entry; and (f) A certificate from the Philippine Postal Corporation to the effect that it received timely notice of the sailing of the vessel: Provided, That the District Collector shall not permit any vessel to sail for a foreign port if the master or agent thereof refuses to receive bags of mail delivered to the same by the Philippine Postal Corporation for transport upon reasonable compensation. In case the Postmaster General and the master or agent do not come to an agreement concerning the amount of the compensation to be paid for the carriage of the mail, the matter shall be submitted for decision to a Board of Referees to be composed of three (3) members appointed, respectively, by the Philippine Postal Corporation, the agency of the company to which the vessel concerned belongs, and the Bureau, who shall fix a reasonable rate of compensation.