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HARBOURS, DOCKS, AND PIERS CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 48

Collector of customs may withhold a clearance to any vessel until certificate is produced that the rates are paid, &c.

48. The collector or other proper officer of Her Majesty's Customs for the
district within which the harbour, dock, or pier is situate may, with the
consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs, refuse to receive any
entry or give any cocquet, discharge, or clearance, or to take any report
inwards or outwards of any vessel liable to the payment of any of the rates
imposed by the special Act, until the master of such vessel produces to such
collector or officer a certificate, under the hand of the collector of rates,
that the rates payable in respect of such vessel, and any goods imported or
exported by such vessel, have been paid, or, if there be any dispute as to the
rates payable, until such collector or officer shall be satisfied that
sufficient security has been given for the payment of such rates when
ascertained, together with the expences arising from the nonpayment thereof.

And with respect to the accounts to be kept of the rates, and of the vessels
in respect of which they are payable:


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