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Shipping bill signed by export officer to be clearance for goods.
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113. [1]
The shipping bill or bills, when filled up and signed by the exporter or his agent or the consignee of the ship, as the case may be, in such manner as the export officer may require, and countersigned by him, shall be the clearance for all the goods enumerated therein; and if any of such goods shall consist of transhipment goods, the exporter or his agent shall, under a penalty of forty shillings, furnish to the export officer an accurate account thereof, with the marks numbers and description of the packages, and the contents thereof, which, when certified by the export officer, shall accompany the ship; and if the exporter or his agent shall require a similar certificate in respect of any goods shipped for exportation the export officer shall, on its being presented to him for that purpose, certify the same.
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