Customs - Amendment to Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 - Issue of amendment to Public Notice - Customs - PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 34/2019-CUSTOMS

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (PREVENTIVE) 55-17-3, C-14, 2nd Floor, Road No.2, Industrial Estate, Autonagar, Vijayawada - 520 007 C. No. VIII/09/03/2018-Cus.Tech Date: 01.11.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 34/2019-CUSTOMS (Amendment to Public Notices No. 25 /2018 - Customs Dt. 21.05.2018 and No. 18/2019, dt. 20.08.2019) Subject : Customs - Amendment to Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 - Issue of amendment to Public Notice - Reg. Attention of all the Importers, Exporters, Customs Brokers, Steamer Agents, Custodians/Customs Cargo Service Providers, Trade Associations/Chamber of Commerce, Members of the RAC/PGC and the Public is invited to Notification No. 38/2018-Customs (N.T.) dated 11.05.2018 notifying Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018, effective from 1st August, 2018 which was communicated vide this office Public Notice No. 25/2018-Customs, dated 21.05.2018. The effective date of these Regulations was amended by Board vide Notification No. 65/2018-Cus.(N.T.), dt. 30.07.2018 to 01st November, 2018; vide Notification No. 88/2018-Cus(N.T.), dt. 30.10.2018 to 01st March, 2019 and vide Notification No. 17/2019-Cus (N.T.), dt. 27.02.2019 to 01st August, 2019. Attention is also invited to this Office Public Notice No. 18/2019-Customs, dt. 20.08.2019 issuing certain amendments to the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 with reference to Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Notification No. 54/2019-Customs (N.T.), dated 01.08.2019. CBIC, New Delhi, vide Notification No. 78/2019-Customs (N.T.), dated 31.10.2019 has again issued certain amendments to the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018. The amendments to the said Regulations are furnished hereunder for information and compliance. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157, read with sections 30, 30A, 41, 41A, 53, 54, 56, sub-section (3) of section 98 and sub-section (2) of section 158 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These regulations may be called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, in Regulation 15, in sub-Regulation (2), for the figures, letters and word '1st November, 2019', the figures, letters and word 16th February, 2020 shall be substituted. Action to be taken in terms of decisions taken in this Public Notice should be considered as standing order for the purpose of officers and staff. (S.FAHEEM AHMED) PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER