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Save as provided in subsection (3), the master, owner or agent of every vessel, other than a local craft, arriving in any customs port shall, before arrival or within 24 hours after the arrival and before any cargo is unshipped, furnish to the proper officer of customs a full and correct inward manifest of the vessel, certified by the master, owner or agent, containing all particulars as to marks, numbers and contents of each package intended to be landed at the customs port, together with the names of shippers and consignees of the same, and the proper officer of customs may demand, in addition, a complete manifest of the whole cargo of the vessel and a complete list of stores on board such vessel.

A separate transhipment manifest shall be furnished in respect of goods to be transhipped at the customs port.

Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the proper officer of customs that it is not practicable to furnish an inward manifest or a transhipment manifest within a reasonable time after the arrival of a vessel, the proper officer of customs may permit cargo to be landed or transhipped prior to the manifest being furnished, but no cargo so landed shall, except with the permission of the proper officer of customs, be delivered to the importer or consignee or his agent until such time as the manifest has been furnished to, and scrutinised by, the proper officer of customs.