Section 9: Distribution of copies of Certificate of inspection

(1) The inspecting agent shall, on issuing a Clean Certificate of Inspection in respect of goods inspected pursuant to this Act, send an original copy each of the Clean Certificate of Inspection to-
(a) the Federal Ministry of Finance;
(b) the Nigerian Customs Service;
(c) the Nigerian Ports Authority;
(d) the exporter;
(e) the exporter's bank, for onward transmission to the buyer's bank overseas; and
(f) the Central Bank.
(2) A copy of the Clean Certificate of Inspection issued by the inspecting agent under this Act shall be attached by the exporter to all relevant shipping documents and carriers of the goods in question to deliver the said documents including the original bill of lading issued in respect of the goods to the collecting or negotiating bank specified in the prescribed form referred to under subsection (3) of section I of this Act.
(3) The inspecting agent shall also furnish reports, on a weekly basis, giving details of all successfully executed pre-shipment inspections, to-
(a) the Federal Ministry of Finance;
(b) the Federal Ministry of Commerce; and
(c) the Central Bank
(4) For the avoidance of doubt, no payment shall be made to the credit of any person in respect of goods liable to pre-shipment inspection which are exported outside Nigeria, unless a Certificate of Inspection in respect of those goods is presented together with the shipping documents .