(1)The Commissioner-General may, subject to any other authority provided by law, direct at what particular part of a port or other place a conveyance shall moor or unload its cargo.

(2) Except in accordance with the Regulations made under this Act or with the written permission of the Commissioner-General or subject to conditions that the Commissioner-General may in a particular case impose, a master shall not

(a) unload a cargo from a conveyance arriving from outside the country, unless the Commissioner-General has authorised unloading of the cargo and the cargo manifest has been submitted;

(b) unload a cargo from a conveyance arriving from outside the country, except at the times and days that are prescribed by Regulations or approved by the Commissioner-General;

(c) transfer a cargo from a conveyance arriving from outside the country to another conveyance except between the times and days that are prescribed by Regulations or approved by the Commissioner-General; or

(d) unload a cargo from a conveyance arriving from outside the country except at an approved place of unloading or sufferance wharf approved for the purpose.

(3) Where cargo is unloaded contrary to this section or to the terms and conditions contained in any written permission from the Commissioner-General, the cargo is liable to forfeiture to the State.

(4) A person shall not tranship or remove cargo, which has not been unloaded from an aircraft or ship arriving from outside the country into any other vessel before it is landed.

(5) A person shall take directly and without delay any cargo which has been unloaded from a conveyance and put into another conveyance to be landed, to an approved place of unloading or sufferance wharf approved for the purpose within the same port, and landed there without delay.

(6) A person shall immediately convey cargo which

(a) is unloaded at an approved place of unloading or sufferance wharf approved for the purpose, and

(b) has been put into a vessel to be landed in accordance with this section into the care of the proper officer in the customs-controlled area, and deposited in a transit shed or in a State warehouse as the proper officer may direct.

(7) An importer shall deposit cargo which is considered unsuitable for storage in a transit shed or State warehouse as the officer may direct, at the risk and expense of the importer.

(8) Except in accordance with Regulations made under this Act or with the written permission of the Commissioner-General, and subject to any conditions that a proper officer may impose, a person shall not remove cargo

(a) from a part of a customs-controlled area, or

(b) from the transit shed or State warehouse into which it has been conveyed, unless the cargo has first been duly reported and entered, and the proper officer has authorised the removal or delivery of the cargo.

(9) The proper officer may require the master of a conveyance from which cargo has been landed to remove it to a place of security selected by the proper officer.

(10) A master who fails to remove the conveyance when required to do so shall incur a penalty of not less than two hundred penalty units and not more than six hundred penalty units and the proper officer may have the cargo removed to another place of security at the expense of the master.

(11) An importer shall remove cargo entered to be warehoused in the manner and within the period that the proper officer shall direct to the warehouse for which it is entered, and delivered into the care of the officer in charge of the warehouse, if the importer has first entered into a bond for the warehousing of that cargo, as required.

(12) Any cargo which is removed, deposited or dealt with contrary to this section or the terms and conditions contained in a written permission given by the Commissioner-General, is liable to forfeiture.