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The master, owner, or authorized agent of an aircraft, vessel, or other contrivance required to make entry, shall submit to the Customs Officer the required manifests in the times set forth in this Section, as well as the format and manner as prescribed in § 73110. Times set forth for delivery of each manifest are as follows:

(a) Aircraft. The master, owner, or authorized agent of any aircraft entering Guam required to make entry shall submit to the Customs Officer the passenger, crew, and cargo manifest thirty (30) minutes upon departure from the airport or place of origin. The manifests must be transmitted electronically as required by § 73110 to the Customs Office.

(b) Vessels. The master, owner, or authorized agent of any vessel entering Guam required to make entry shallsubmit to the Customs Office the passenger, crew, and cargo manifest no later than forty-eight (48) hours after the vessel or contrivance departs the port or place of origin, with the exception of vessels arriving from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, wherein the manifests must be transmitted immediately upon departure. The manifests must be transmitted electronically as required by § 73110 to the Customs Office.

(c) Any master, owner, or authorized agent who fails to deliver such copy of the manifest or correction thereof shall be subject to a penalty as prescribed in § 73133 of this Article.

SOURCE: GC § 47109; amended by P.L. 13-187:232. Amended by P.L.
35-105:2 (Oct. 30, 2020).