Delivery by master at destination

(1) Every master of a vessel, not being a post office packet, arriving in Belize shall without delay cause all letters on board his vessel, not exempted under section 24 of this Act, to be collected and enclosed in some bag or other envelope, and he shall deliver the same or cause it to be delivered at the Post Office at the place where the vessel reports. (2) The master shall sign a declaration before the Postmaster of such place, or other person authorised by him, and such declaration may be in the form of the Second Schedule. 18 (3) The Comptroller of Customs shall not admit any vessel to entry without first receiving from the master a certificate from an officer of the Post Office that the declaration as required by this section has been duly made.