[Procedure name]	Declaration Inward for a Closed Port in Distress and Other Unavoidable Accidents
	(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)

[	Summary]
-	Procedures for a foreign trading vessel or a foreign trading aircraft (hereafter referred to as a "foreign trading vessel, etc.") upon having entered a closed port in distress or due to other unavoidable accidents

[	Bases for procedures]
-	Article 20 Paragraph 2 of the Customs Law
-	Article 18 Paragraph 2 of the Cabine Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

[	Subjects to procedure]
-	A master of a vessel or a captain of an aircraft of a foreign trading vessel, etc. when entering a closed port due to distress or other unavoidable accidents
-	An agent of the master of the vessel or the captain of the aircraft, the owner or the operator of the vessel or aircraft, or agent thereof may also peform the procedure.

[	Time of submission]
-	Submit a declaration inward immediately after entering into a closed port due to distress or other unavoidable accident.

[	Method of submission]
-	Prepare the following declaration and submit it to the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the closed port (or to the local police when unable to submit to the customs office). A declaration inward may be submitted to the guard section of the customs office via facsimile. However, the original declaration inward is required to be submitted to the customs later.

[	Fee]
-	There is no fee.

[	Documents to be attached and number of copies]
-	There are none in particular.

[	Declaration form and description]
	(The following forms may be printed for use in A4-sized (portrait) sheets of paper.)
-	Declaration Inward Outward of Vessel (Customs Form C No. 2000)
-	General Declaration Outward/Inward (for Aircraft) (Customs Form C No. 2010)
-	Describe the reason for entry in the the Declaration Inward/Outward.

[	Submitted to]
-	The applicant of a foreign trading vessel, etc. is required to submit the declaration inward to the guard section of the customs office (or to the local police when unable to submit it to the customs office) having jurisdiction over the closed port that the vessel entered due to distress or other unavoidable accidents.

[	Reception time]
-	Consult the guard section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the closed port that you entered.

[	Consultation service]
-	For information, contact a customs counselor or the guard section of the customs office that processes your submitted documents.

[	Submission standard]

[	Standard processing time]

[	Administrative appeal]

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