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TMI BlogAmendment to Ch.IX of Customs Act, 1962 - Insertion of Section 58A - Clarification regarding transitional provisions relating to Duty Free Shops/Ship stores/Airline Stores/Diplomatic StoresX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tores-Reg. Attention of all the Importers, Customs Brokers and the Members of the Trade is invited to the Board's Circular NO.20/2016-Customs dated 20.5.2016 on the above subject. 2. The Finance Act, 2016 has inserted section 58 A in chapter IX of the Customs Act. Section 58 A reads as under: SECTION 58A. Licensing of Special Warehouses - (1) The Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs may, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, license a special warehouse wherein dutiable goods may be deposited and such warehouse shall be caused to be locked by the proper officer and no person shall enter the warehouse or remove any goods there from without the permission ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... not be permitted to store goods meant for the end use notified at serial no. (2) of notification 66/2016-Cus dated 14.5.2016 beyond the said three months. e. Principal Commissioners / Commissioners are advised that the following time lines may be strictly followed in processing of applications by existing licensees: (i) Application to be received from existing licensees within one month along with the certificate/undertakings mentioned in sub regulation (1) of regulation 3 of the Special Warehouse Licensing Regulations 2016; (ii) Commissioners should process the applications within 15 days of receipt. Since the due diligence of existing licenses was carried out while granting the license, there woul ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... (c) sort the goods or change their containers for the purpose of preservation, sale, export or disposal of the goods; (d) deal with the goods and their containers in such manner as may be necessary to prevent loss or deterioration or damage to the goods; (e) show the goods for sale; or (f) ------- 5.2 It may be noted that a duty free shop cannot meet the ingredients of sub-section (2) and (3) of erstwhile section 62 of the Customs Act, or currently, the provisions of section 58A. Similarly, the provisions contained in erstwhile section 64 or as it now stands, do not permit retail sales from a warehouse. From this it flows that a duty free shop located in a customs area should not be tr ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and the phrase 'recovery of costs'. Recovery of costs, accommodates both fee recovered under the Customs (Fees for Rendering Services by Customs Officers) Regulations, 1998 (Merchant Over Time) or Cost Recovery basis. To determine whether a Special Warehouse will require services of a customs officer on MoT basis or cost recovery basis, the Principal Commissioner / Commissioner will have to determine from the licensee the extent of requirements for services of a customs officer. Guidelines regarding determining where services are to be rendered on MoT basis or Cost Recovery basis are being issued separately. 8. It is requested that interactive sessions may be planned with owners/operators of ship stores / airline store ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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