Cap. 37 Art. 44Goods not to be shipped except on proper days and places, nor until entry and clearance.

(1) No warehoused goods or goods entitled to drawback on exportation shall be shipped, put off or water-borne to be shipped for exportation, on Saturdays, Sundays or public holidays or, in the case of other days, before seven o’clock in the morning or after five o’clock in the afternoon, except with the special permission in writing of the

Commissioner, nor from any place not being a wharf or other place duly appointed for such purpose, nor without the presence or authority of a

Customs official, nor before due entry of such goods, nor before due clearance thereof for shipment.

(2) If any such goods are shipped, put off or water-borne, except with the authority of the Commissioner and under the care of a Customs official, and in such manner, within such time and by such roads or ways as such official may permit or direct, such goods shall be forfeited.

(3) If any such goods are illegally removed or carried away from any vehicle, boat, lighter, wharf or other place prior to the shipment thereof on board the exporting vessel, or from any vessel, or vehicle in or on which the same shall have been shipped or laden, the bond given in respect thereof shall be forfeited, and may forthwith be put in suit for the penalty thereof, although the time prescribed in such bond for the landing of such goods at the place of destination shall not have expired.