CHAPTER IV
INDIRECT TAXES
Customs
Amendment of section 41.
69. In section 41 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962.)(hereinafter referred to as the Customs Act), in subsection (1), for the portion beginning with the words “The person-in-charge of a conveyance”, and ending with the words “not exceeding fifty thousand rupees”, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“The person-in-charge of a conveyance carrying export goods or imported goods or any other person as may be specified by the Central Government, by notification, shall, before departure of the conveyance from a customs station, deliver to the proper officer in the case of a vessel or aircraft, a departure manifest or an export manifest by presenting electronically, and in the case of a vehicle, an export report, in such form and manner as may be prescribed and in case, such person-in-charge or other person fails to deliver the departure manifest or export manifest or the export report or any part thereof within such time, and the proper officer is satisfied that there is no sufficient cause for such delay, such person-in-charge or other person shall be liable to pay penalty not exceeding fifty thousand rupees”.
Notes on Clauses:
Clause 69 of the Bill seeks to amend sub-section (1) of section 41 of the Customs Act so as to provide that the facility to furnish departure manifest shall, in addition to the person-in-charge of the conveyance, also be given to other person notified by the Central Government.
