Regulation 3 - Conditions governing transhipment - Goods Imported (Conditions of Transhipment) Regulations, 1995

3. Conditions governing transhipment. - Transhipment shall be allowed under these regulations on the conditions that - (a) the declarant makes an application to the proper officer of customs seeking permission for transhipment of the goods imported; [(b) the goods imported are mentioned in the import manifest or the import report, as the case may be, as for transhipment to any customs station;] (c) such transhipment is by rail, a vessel, an aircraft or a motor vehicle or by a combination of two or more of these modes of transport : Provided that if the goods imported are sought to be transhipped by a motor vehicle, such transhipment shall be made only on permission in writing of the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be]; and such 1 [Principal Commissioner or Commissioner] while permitting such transhipment shall have regard to the following factors, namely :- (i) the nature of the goods imported to be transhipped, (ii) the amount of revenue involved, and (iii) any other factor which the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may deem relevant : Provided further that the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] shall, before refusing any such application for permission for transhipment of goods imported by a motor vehicle, give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the declarant; (d) the declarant, the transporter or, as the case may be, the custodian executes a bond in such form with or without surety or security or with both as the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may specify for - (i) completion of the transhipment of the goods imported to the Customs [station] of destination; or (ii) the transfer of the imported goods to another mode of transport during the course of their transhipment : Provided that if the transhipment to the customs station of destination is by more than one mode of transport, the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may accept a single bond for the transhipment by such different modes : Provided further that the transfer from one mode of transport to another of the goods imported during the course of their transhipment may be under the supervision of a proper officer of customs and at such places and subject to such conditions as may be specified by the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] at the customs station of import : Provided also that the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may permit the execution of a general bond in such form and with such surety or security or with both as that 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may deem fit for the aforesaid purposes. ---------------- Notes:- 1. Substituted vide Not. 56/2014 - Dated 6-8-2014