Permission to Store Duty Paid Goods Under Section 49 of the Customs Act, 1962-Reg. - Customs - 17/2013

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, PANAMBUR, MANGALORE 575010 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 17/2013 DATED 22.04.2013 SUB: Permission to Store Duty Paid Goods Under Section 49 of the Customs Act, 1962-Reg. Attention of Importers/CHAs and all other concerned is invited to the provisions contained in Section 49 of the Customs Act, 1962 wherein the imported goods may, pending clearance, be permitted to be stored in a public warehouse, or in a private warehouse if facilities for deposit in a public warehouse are not available. 2. It has been decided to permit the storage of duty paid timber in the private warehouses i.e. areas not falling in the Notified Customs Area, but within 5 kms. from the Notified Customs Area, subject to payment of MOT and fulfillment of other conditions and procedures as given below: CONDITIONS: 1) The timber importers/agents desirous of availing the above facility should apply to the Commissioner of Customs along with a copy of the ground plan of the premises and area details. 2) The Importer or his agent shall submit a list of records/registers maintained by them in the premises. 3) Separate stock cards for every lot ( i.e. according to line no. of I.G.M) should be maintained. The logs should be stacked Line No. wise and IGM wise separately without any mix up, to facilitate easy identification at the time of examination/stock challenge. 4) All the registers should be maintained at the site and made available for verification by Customs Officers at any time. Copy /Photostat copy of the Bill of Entry is to be made available along with the stock register at the time of stacking in the yard. 5) Every vehicle carrying imported timber should carry a port gate pass showing details of the timber logs loaded in the vehicles with particulars such as vessels name, lot no. bill of entry no, quantity, importers name and stock yard and should be produced on demand. 6) The process of Production of PQC, Examination and OOC should be completed normally within 30 days or such extended period by the Asst. Commissioner of Customs(Docks). 7) The importer/Agent shall furnish a legal undertaking/bond to the Asst. Commissioner (CH) confirming the acceptance of the conditions to be imposed. 8) The permission is subject to proper fencing and providing of proper security. The verification of the same will be done by Docks Superintendent (Admn.) before the goods are permitted for storing/stacking in the premises. 9) Insurance for the goods should be taken in the name of Commissioner of Customs. 10) The importers/agents are required to follow the above conditions apart from following the existing procedure in case of timber allowed for storing in the port area. 11) NOC from the importers whose timber is proposed to be stored in the leased area should be taken with an undertaking that no refund /remission of duties would be claimed on the goods allowed to be stored in the private premises for whatsoever reasons and that they would be paying the duties and applicable interest, for any excess quantity found during the examination. 12) The permission is subject to following of the above conditions and any lapse would result in cancellation of the permission and/or of the CHA Licence/Handling Agent license. The Importers/Agents who have given the NOC would also be liable for penal action under Customs Act/Rules, for any of the contraventions. 13) Any other conditions can be imposed in case of need, depending on the peculiar facts and circumstances of each case. (issued in file C.No. S/12/09/2013 CH) (D. PURUSHOTHAM) COMMISSIONER