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Customs Act — Article 135 (Procedures for Entry into Ports)

관세법 제135조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2023-06-05. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-10-02) — check the Korean original.

(1) When any international trade vessel or any international trade aircraft enters into an open port (including any area into which the entry of any international trade vessel or any international trade aircraft is permitted pursuant to the proviso of Article 134 (1); hereinafter the same shall apply), its captain shall immediately file with the head of a customs office, a port entry report, appended by a list of vessel or aircraft supplies stating matters prescribed by Presidential Decree, a list of passengers, a list of crew, a list of the crew's personal effects and a cargo manifest. In cases of any international trade vessel, the vessel's certificate of nationality, a clearance permission from the final port of the departure or documents substituting them shall also be presented to the head of the customs office: Provided, That if no impediment to supervision and surveillance is deemed to exist, the head of a customs office may exempt the captain from appending the list of vessel or aircraft supplies and the list of crews' personal effects. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

(2) When it is necessary to expedite procedures of an entry and a customs clearance and to efficiently conduct supervision and surveillance, the head of a customs office may have the relevant shipping company or the relevant airline (including any agent acting for such shipping company or such airline; hereinafter the same shall apply) to which the foreign vessel or aircraft entering into the open port belongs submit a list of passengers, a cargo manifest, etc. referred to in paragraph (1) before such foreign vessel or aircraft enters the open port, as prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service: Provided, That the head of a customs office may request a cargo transportation broker under Article 222 (1) 2 (limited to a transportation business entity of consignments under Article 254-2 (1); hereafter the same shall apply in this paragraph) that meets the requirements prescribed by Presidential Decree to submit a cargo manifest prepared by such broker, as prescribed by the Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service. <Amended on Dec. 15, 2015; Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]

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