Customs Consolidation Act 1876

77Proper officer of Customs to take account of goods for warehouse. Contents of packages to be marked thereon, and entered in landing book.

Upon the entry and landing of any goods, to be warehoused, or within such period as the Commissioners of Customs shall direct with respect to the same or any of them, the proper officer of Customs shall take a particular account of such goods at the quay or wharf at which they shall be so landed, or in the warehouse of the port of arrival, if they be goods of which the account is permitted to be taken in the warehouse, or in the warehouse of any other port to which they may be consigned and allowed to be removed by the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury or the Commissioners of Customs, and shall cause to be marked on each package of which such account shall be taken the contents thereof, and shall enter in a book prepared for that purpose, containing the name of the import ship and of the person in whose name they are entered, the marks, numbers, and contents of each such package, the description of the goods, and the warehouse or place in the warehouse in which the same shall be deposited, and when the same shall have been so deposited with the authority of such officer he shall certify that the entry and warehousing of such goods is complete, and such goods shall from that time be considered goods duly warehoused; and if any such goods shall be delivered, withheld, or removed from the proper place of examination before the same shall have been examined and certified by such officer, such goods shall be deemed to be goods not duly entered or warehoused, and shall be forfeited.