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x x x x] Repealed by Act 28 of 2016, S. 239 and Sch. XV, dt.14/05/2016. Prior to the deletion it read as: "Refusal of port clearance.-- The officer whose duty it is to grant a port clearance for any ship shall not grant the port clearance until the amount of cess payable under Section 356M has been paid or until security for the payment thereof has been given to his satisfaction."