S.L. 37.10 Art. 5Departure for abroad.

(1) Before any aircraft shall depart for a place abroad, the commander shall deliver to the proper officer the following documents -

(a) a notice of intended departure and application for clearance in duplicate in an approved form;

(b) a manifest in duplicate in an approved form of the goods on board the aircraft;

(c) a passenger manifest in an approved form containing the names of all passengers carried in the aircraft and their places of embarkation and destination, and the said documents, when signed by the said officer, shall, for the purpose of the laws relating to Customs, be the clearance and authority for the aircraft to proceed from that airport.

(2) The commander of an aircraft departing for a place abroad shall not permit any goods, stores or passengers to be laden or taken on board the aircraft before he has delivered to the proper officer a notice of intended departure and application for clearance in accordance with paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation.

(3) The exporter of any goods intended for exportation in an aircraft shall deliver to the proper officer of customs at the airport from which such aircraft is cleared to its foreign destination, an entry in the form prescribed by the Comptroller and shall truly state in such form the particulars thereby required; and such form, when signed by the proper officer of Customs, shall be the clearance and authority for the exportation of such goods.

(4) No person in any aircraft leaving Malta shall carry or allow to be carried in the aircraft any goods the exportation of which is prohibited by any law for the time being in force in Malta.