Regulation 5 - Delivery of a Departure Manifest - Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018

5. Delivery of a Departure Manifest . 1 [ (1) An authorised sea carrier carrying imported goods, export goods or coastal goods, shall before the departure of the vessel from the port, deliver the departure manifest to the proper officer electronically: Provided that where it is not practicable to deliver the departure manifest or any part thereof electronically, then the manifest or any part thereof shall be submitted manually in duplicate with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs or any other officer authorised by him: Provided further that for the vessels carrying only coastal goods and operating from exclusive berths meant for coastal goods at the loading as well as the unloading ports, there shall be no requirement of delivering departure manifest. ] (2) The departure manifest shall consist of, - (a) a general declaration in Form-III; (b) a vessel s stores list in Form-IV; (c) a list of private property in the possession of the Master and crew, in Form-V; (d) a cargo declaration: (i) for vessel departing from an Indian port to a Foreign port in Form-VIIA; or (ii) for vessel departing from an Indian Port to another Indian port directly or through designated foreign route in Form-VIIB; (e) any other declaration which, under the provisions of the Customs Act or any other Act for the time being in force is required to be delivered to the proper officer on arrival of the vessel. 2 [ (3) Any authorised sea carrier may update the departure manifest within twenty-four hours after departure: Provided that, for vessels carrying non-containerized cargo, whether or not carrying containerized cargo, the authorised sea carrier may update the departure manifest within seventy-two hours after departure. ] ******** Notes 1. Substituted vide Notification No. 54/2019-Customs (N.T.) dated 01-08-2019 before it was read as (1) An authorised sea carrier carrying imported goods, export goods, coastal goods or goods meant for foreign transit or foreign transhipment, shall before the departure of the vessel from the port, deliver the departure manifest to the proper officer electronically: Provided that where it is not possible to deliver the departure manifest electronically, then the manifest shall be delivered manually in duplicate with the approval of Commissioner of Customs before the departure of the vessel. 2. Inserted vide Notification No. 54/2019-Customs (N.T.) dated 01-08-2019