Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(a) Application must be made to the Deputy Conservator sufficiently in advance by the master, owner or agent in respect of every vessel desiring to leave the Port and the Deputy Conservator will thereupon grant Port clearance to such vessel, provided nevertheless, that, should it become necessary to detain a vessel in Port on account of non payment of charges due to the Board by the vessel or for any other reason, the Deputy Conservator may, for adequate reasons, refuse to issue a clearance certificate or to allow the vessel to leave the Port until the charges due to the Board are paid or secured or the other reasons for which the vessel is detained have been dealt with to the satisfaction of the Deputy Conservator And, if clearance shall already have been issued the Deputy Conservator may, for adequate reasons, cancel the same in cases similar to those cited above and inform the applicant accordingly and refuse to allow the vessel to leave the Port until such times as a fresh clearance certificate is issued after the charges due to the Board are paid or secured or the other reasons for which the vessel is detained have been dealt with to the satisfaction of the Deputy Conservator. (b) The Customs Department will not grant a Port clearance until a clearance certificate duly issued by the Deputy Conservator is produced.