The Commercial Port Law Article 19

The ship owner or her agents shall fill in a prior declaration form for the ship’s entrance or departure for international commercial ports, 24 hours before the ship’s arrival, or 12 hours before the ship’s departure, and file the form with the Maritime and Port Bureau for inspection and the Commercial Port Administrative Authority to arrange berthing. However, if ships due to certain matters arrive within 12 hours after departure, entrance procedures should be handled again after the Maritime and Port Bureau have given their approval.The ship owner or her agents shall fill in a prior declaration form for the ship’s entrance or departure for domestic commercial ports, 24 hours before the ship’s arrival, or 12 hours before the ship’s departure, and file the form with the Maritime and Port Bureau or the designated agencies for inspection and to arrange berthing. However, if ships due to certain matters arrive within 12 hours after departure, entrance procedures should be handled again after the Maritime and Port Bureau or the designated agencies have given their approval.Regarding the goal and ship status of the entrance of ships actually entering the port that do not fit with the prior declaration of the entrance of ships, the owner of the ship and its representative should make amends accordingly.If the ship is likely to affect the functions and the public security of the commercial port, the Maritime and Port Bureau or the designated agencies is entitled to reject the application for her entrance into the port until such a possibility no longer exists.