Channel dues

(1) The owners, master or consignee of every ship of one hundred tons registered and upwards which uses the Big Creek Channel shall on each occasion it enters the channel pay channel Harbours and Merchant Shipping 25 dues prior to such entry at the rate of 25 cents for every registered ton of such ship. (2) All channel dues shall be paid in Belize City at the office of the Comptroller of Customs.