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Customs - Amendment to Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 - Issue of amendment to Public Notice

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..... 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. Board vide Notification No.54/2019-Customs (N.T.), dated 01.08.2019 has 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 (Amendment) Regulations, 2019. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their pub .....

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..... arrival and departure manifest;' (j) Jurisdictional Commissioner of customs means the Commissioner of customs who has granted registration under regulation 3; (k) postal authority means an 'officer of the Post Office' as defined in The Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898); (1) Special Economic Zone (SEZ) means special economic zone as per the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005); (2) Any reference to a Commissioner of customs shall also include a reference to Principal Commissioner of customs for purposes of these regulations. (3) The words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act;'; (iii) in Regulation 3, - (a) in sub-regulation (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: Provided that the postal authority shall not be required to apply for the registration in case such authority intimates to the jurisdictional Commissioner of customs in writing, to transact business under these regulations. ; (b) after sub-regulation .....

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..... he destination customs port for the vessels on voyage of less than forty-eight hours between departure from the last port of call and arrival at the next port: Provided that for vessels carrying non-containerized cargo, whether or not carrying containerized cargo, the authorised sea carrier may, irrespective of the voyage duration, update the arrival manifest before entry inwards at the destination customs port. ; (v) in Regulation 5, - (a) for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely: - (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 .....

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..... er. (viii) in Regulation 9, - (a) in sub-regulation (1), for the clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - (d) in case of imported goods or export goods meant for transhipment by land route, the officer authorised by the Commissioner of customs, shall seal the container or the bonded truck or covered truck or wagon, as the case may be, before permitting such transhipment: Provided that Commissioner of custom may, in certain cases, allow transhipment without sealing the container or the bonded truck or covered truck or wagon, for reasons to be recorded in writing. ; (b) in sub-regulation (2), for the word territory , the word route shall be substituted. ; (ix) in Regulation 10, - (a) in sub-regulation (1), - (A) in clause (f), after the words area or enroute , the words , under its custody shall be inserted; (B) for the clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - (1) not demand any container detention charges for the containers laden with the goods detained by customs for purpose of verifyi .....

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..... n Net Wt. Gross Wt. in case of non-containerized cargo Gate Out Time from the Port (b) Arrival Manifest to be filed at Land Customs Station: Authorised Carrier Code: Bond No. of Authorised Carrier Land Customs Station Arrival Manifest No. and Date: Auto Generated Sl. No. Departure Manifest filed at Port Date of Departure Manifest Train No. Truck No. Container No. Customs Seal No Goods description Net Wt. Gross Wt. in case of non-containerized cargo Gate in Time date .....

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..... r two thousand Whereas the said has been registered to act as an authorised carrier under Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 and the said has agreed to enter into this bond as required by under the said regulations. And whereas the said has deposited the sum of Rss 10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lakhs) only with the President of India as security for his faithful behaviour and that of his employees as regard the said regulations. Now the condition of the above bond is such that if the said and his employees do at all times, whilst holding, such registration as aforesaid, behave themselves in a faithful manner as regards the said regulations and if the said and their executors or administrator fails to comply the obligations underthe said regulations, shall forthwith pay to the Government on demand the said sum of Rs. Ten lakhs. AND upon making such payment, the above written obligations shall be void and of no effect, otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and delivered by the above named on this day, the of 20 .....

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