Cap. 37 Art. 7Landing of goods from ships.

(1) No such goods shall be landed except with the authority of the Commissioner and in the presence of a Customs official, and that such goods shall not be unshipped or landed except in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or of any other law in force for the time being, respecting the unshipping, transshipping and landing of goods, and that such goods shall be landed at and deposited in such places as the

Minister responsible for customs may from time to time, by regulations under this Ordinance, approve, there to remain until due entry of such goods, and that until due delivery thereof from such place, the same shall, for the purposes of this Ordinance, be deemed to be on board the importing vessel:

Provided that the deposit, custody and delivery of goods so landed shall be conducted in accordance with any regulations which may, from time to time, be made by the Minister responsible for customs under this Ordinance.

(2) Where any goods have been discharged from the importing ship in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance but are either (a) not landed at and deposited in such places approved as aforesaid, or (b) being goods intended for transshipment are not placed on board the exporting ship and are not accounted for to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, or

(c) having been landed at and deposited in such places approved as aforesaid are not cleared therefrom in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or are not produced at the request of the proper customs official, then, in any of these cases, the person having the custody of the goods, shall, without prejudice to any penalty to which he may be liable under this Ordinance or any other law, be liable for the payment of the full duty on such goods.

(3) The Commissioner shall have the right to withhold the despatch or release of any goods from the place of landing until such time as the master of the importing vessel or the agent of the owner of such vessel in Malta makes a report of the goods landed or to be landed.