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Customs Act — Article 137 (Simplified Procedures for Entry and Departure)

관세법 제137조

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) Where any international trade vessel or any international trade aircraft enters into an open port and departs therefrom within 24 hours without loading or unloading any goods (including the vessel or aircraft supplies and the personal effects of their crews), the head of a customs office may exempt the captain of such vessel or such aircraft from submitting a cargo manifest prescribed by Article 135, a list of vessel or aircraft supplies, a list of passengers, a list of crew, a list of crews' personal effects and a cargo manifest provided for in Article 136. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>

(2) Where any international trade vessel or any international trade aircraft, which has completed the procedure pursuant to Article 135, re-enters into another open port in Korea, the head of a customs office may, by applying paragraph (1) mutatis mutandis, have such vessel or such aircraft enter or leave the port under simplified procedures, including skipping submission of documents, etc. <Amended on Dec. 22, 2020>[This Article Wholly Amended on Dec. 30, 2010]

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