Rejection of conversion of free shipping bills to advance ...
Free Shipping Bill Conversion Rejected; Section 149 Allows Amendments for Unintentional Errors Without Fraudulent Intent.
February 18, 2022
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Rejection of conversion of free shipping bills to advance authorization shipping bills - Section 149 is a provision which permits the importer / exporter to request for amendment of documents for the mistakes that may have happened while filing the documents. When an application for amendment is received, if it is very much clear from the documents that the mistake was only an inadvertent mistake and there is no attempt of fraud or mis-statement to evade duty, the request for conversion ought to be allowed - AT
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