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Baggage (Transit to Customs Stations) Regulations, 1967
[ M.F. (D.R. & I.) Notification No.
61-Cus., dated 3rd June, 1967
amended by
Notifications No. 164-Cus., dated
30-7-1977;
No. 229/84-Cus., dated 31-8-1984;
No. 246/85-Cus., dated 2-8-1985;
No. 39/86-Cus., dated 12-2-1986 and
No. 43/2002-Cus. (N.T.), dated 8-7-2002.
]
In exercise of the
powers conferred by section 81 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of
1962) and in supersession of its notification No. 135-Customs,
dated the 25th May, 1963, the Central Board of Excise and
Customs hereby makes the following regulations for the transit
of unaccompanied baggage from the customs station of arrival at
Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, [Madras, Bangalore, [Trivandrum],
Hyderabad [Cochin, Ahmedabad, Goa, Calicut, Coimbatore, Lucknow
or Amritsar] ] to any other of the aforesaid customs stations,
namely :-
1.Short title.-
These regulations may
be called the Baggage (Transit to Customs Stations) Regulations,
1967.
2.Conditions for allowing transit.-
Where the unaccompanied baggage of any passenger arrives at the
customs station at Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, [Madras, Bangalore,
[Trivandrum], Hyderabad [Cochin, Ahmedabad, Goa, Calicut,
Coimbatore, Lucknow or Amritsar] ] and the passenger desires
that the said baggage may be cleared at any of the aforesaid
customs stations other than the customs station at which the
baggage has arrived, then, on a request made in this behalf by
the passenger, such baggage may be permitted to be transported
to the customs station at which the passenger desires the same
to be cleared, by [air, a passenger train or trucks], if -
(a) all arrangements are
made by the passenger or his agent for the transport of such
baggage from the customs station of arrival to the customs
station at which he desires to have such baggage cleared, for
its booking to that station and for its transport to the customs
house in the place at which the station is located;
(b) the baggage remains
under the supervision of an officer of customs deputed for the
purpose except when it is under the custody of the airline or
the railway authorities, and the passenger pays for the services
of the officer so deputed; and
(c) in the case of goods to
be transported by rail, such of the goods as can be insured with
the railways are so insured.
[(d) in the case of goods to
be transported by trucks, the carrier shall be responsible for
carriage of goods to destination Customs in containerised truck
after sealing of the same by one time bottle seal by Customs and
on execution of bond and security to the satisfaction of the
Commissioner of Customs at the originating Airport/Air-cargo
Complex.]
3.Special provision.-
Notwithstanding
anything contained in these regulations, the [Commissioner of
Customs] may, at his discretion, permit unaccompanied baggage to
be transported for clearance to the customs station at which the
passenger desires to have the same cleared by goods train, if -
(a) the goods are insured;
and
(b) (i) the passenger or his
agent satisfies the proper officer that the goods would not be
accepted for being carried in a passenger train having regard to
the size and weight thereof; or
(ii) the transport by
passenger train would put the passenger to undue financial
strain :
Provided that the
[Commissioner of Customs] shall, whenever Quick Transit Service
is available, allow the transport of goods only through that
Service.
Explanation. - "Quick Transit Service" means the special
scheme of transit of goods consignments over the Indian Railway
System in which the delivery of goods at destination is
guaranteed within the stipulated time.
[Regulation 4.Payment of fee.- A fee
of [twenty rupees] in respect of each application for
transhipment of goods shall be charged at all customs stations.]
Explanation. - In this regulation one ton or a fraction
thereof of iron ore, oil, timber and other bulk commodities,
shall be reckoned as one package.
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