# 43 No port-clearance to be granted until port-charges are paid
The officer of Government whose duty it is to grant a port-clearance for any vessel shall not grant such clearance--
(a) until her owner or master, or some other person, has paid or secured to the satisfaction of such officer the amount of all port-dues, fees and other charges, and of all fines, penalties and expenses to which the vessel or her owner or master is liable under this Act,
(b) until all expenses, which by the Merchant Shiping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict., c. 60.), section 207, are to be borne by her owner incurred since her arrival in the port from which he seeks clearance, have been paid.
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PORT-DUES, FEESANDOTHERCHARGES
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Master to report arrival40
Conservator may in certain cases ascertain draught and charge expense to master41
Ascertainment of tonnage of vessel liable to port -dues42
Distraint and sale on refusal to pay port-charges44
Port-charges payable in one port recoverable at any other port45
Penalty for evading payment of port-charges46
Port-due on vessels in ballast
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