[Procedure name]	Inward Declaration prior to departing a Port when, for example, departing without loading/unloading personal effects of passenger (Other Than Foreign Trading Vessels)
	(Procedures for vessels and aircraft)

-	Procedures for other than foreign trading vessel entered to an open port with the following purposes/intentions
-	When departing from the open port of entry within 24 hours without loading/unloading personal effects of passenger
-	When departing from the open port of entry immediately after physially handing over care of sick or injured person on board or survivors rescued during the voyage.
-	When arriving at a port of entry solely for the purpose of emergency activities necessary for dealing with disaster or prevention of occurrence of disaster and departing from the open port after such activities.

-	Article 18-2 Paragraph 2 of the Customs Law
-	Article 16-3 Paragraph 2 of the Cabinet Order for Enforcement of the Customs Law

-	A master of a vessel other than foreign trading vessel that departs a port of entry within 24 hours without loading/unloading personal effects of passenger
-	A master of a vessel other than foreign trading vessel arriving at a port of entry sorely for the purpose of physically  handing over the care of sick or injured person or survivors rescued during the voyage.
-	A master of a vessel other than foreign trading vessel arriving at a port of entry solely for the purpose of emergency activities necessary for dealing with disaster or e prevention of occurrence of disaster
-	An agent of the master of the vessel, or the owner or the operator of the vessel, or an agent thereof may also perform the procedures

-	Submit the required documents before the foreign vessel starts to depart the open port

-	Complete the following documents and submit them to the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the location of the open port. Note that documents to be attached may be submitted via fax but their originals must be submitted later.

[Fee]

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None

[Application form and description]

	(The following forms may be printed for use on A4-size paper.)
-	Inward/Outward Declaration for Vessel (Customs Form C No. 2000)
	Check the "Arrival" column. For the "type" of ship in the column for "Name, Type and Call Sign of Ship," indicate the vessel type, such as "Cargo Vessel, Container Vessel, Cargo Passenger Vessel, Passenger Vessel, Oil Tanker, Fishing Vessel, or other." Indicate the port of arrival in the "Port of arrival/departure" column. Indicate the date and time of arrival in the "Date-time of arrival/departure" column. Indicate the former port the vessel arrived from in the "Port arrival from/Port of destination" column. For the "number" in the column for "Certificate of registry (Port; Date, Number)," indicate the ship number on the "certificate of ship's nationality" if the vessel does not have a Call Sign of ship. In the "Brief particulars of voyage" column, indicate all port names from the point of provenance to the final destination, and underline the ports at which the vessel will discharge the cargo. Indicate the type of cargo in the "Brief particulars of cargo" column.

-	Submit the required documents to the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the open port you entered.

-	Office hours of customs (8:30 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. daily, except holidays for administrative agencies). Contact the enforcement section of the customs office having jurisdiction over the open port when submitting documents during out of office hours of Customs in advance.

-	For information, contact a customs counselor or the enforcement section of the customs office that will process your documents.