Master to give notice of presence of drugs

(1) The master of any ship carrying drugs or other substances to which the Act and these Regulations apply from any place from which such substance may be lawfully exported under/through a bill of lading, to any other place into which such substances may be lawfully imported, shall, on arrival in Belize, immediately give notice in writing to the Comptroller of drugs. CAP. 103. 48 Misuse of Drugs Customs and the Commissioner of Police of the presence of such substances on board his ship. (2) Such notice shall contain full particulars of the description, weight, consignors, consignees, and destination of such substances, and the marks and numbers of the cases in which they are contained. (3) The container, chest, box, case or package containing the substance shall not be removed from the ship except under a removal licence issued under regulation 32 and shall, while in Belize be maintained unopened and unbroken, unless it is opened or broken during and for the purposes of some search authorised by the Act and these Regulations. CAP. 103. (4) No ship carrying any of the substances to which this regulation applies shall leave Belize unless a special permit to do so is granted by the Comptroller of Customs, after consultation with the Commissioner of Police. (5) This regulation shall not apply to any substance forming part of a ship’s medical stores. (6) The master of any ship, or any person failing to comply with or contravening any of the provisions of this regulation commits an offence.