14. Section 62 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor: -
| 62. On the entry outwards of any ship the Collector shall grant a general sufferance for the shipment and lading of any sort of goods, the produce or manufacture of Sri Lanka, except such as shall be expressly excepted therein: Provided always that before the clearing outwards of such ship, the exporter of any goods on board the same shall deliver to the Collector an entry, containing an accurate specification of the quantity, quality, and value of such goods; and if such declaration be false, or if he fails to make such entry before the content of the ship is delivered in by the master, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding four hundred rupees; and the Collector may refuse to certify such shipment on the clearance of such ship.". |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts