Customs Act 1962

Provisions relating to conveyances carrying imported or exported goods

Section 35: Restrictions on goods being water-borne

No imported goods shall be water-borne for being landed from any vessel, and no export goods which are not accompanied by a shipping bill , shall be water-borne for being shipped, unless the goods are accompanied by a boat-note in the prescribed form :

Provided that the Board may, by notification in the Official Gazette, give general permission, and the proper officer may in any particular case give special permission, for any goods or any class of goods to be water-borne without being accompanied by a boat-note.