Transportation of Goods(Through Foreign Territory) Regulations, 1965
Notification No. 112-Cus.,dated 21st August,1965 as
amended by Notification No.69-Cus.,dated 14th May,1966.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read
with section 56 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the
Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following
regulations, namely:-
1. Short title.-
These regulations may be
called the Transportation of Goods (Through Foreign Territory)
Regulations, 1965.
2. Application.-
These regulations shall apply
to goods, whether imported or indigenous which are to be
transported from one part of India to another through a route
which lies partly over the territory of a foreign country.
3. Consignor to deliver a bill.-
(a) Whenever
any goods to which these regulations apply are to be transported,
the consignor of the goods shall make an entry to that effect by
presenting to the proper officer a bill (in duplicate) in the
form specified in Appendix A to these regulations.
(b)
Every such consignor shall, while presenting the bill, make and
subscribe to a declaration at the foot thereof as to the truth of
its contents.
4. Permission to load goods, etc.-
No
person-in-charge of a vessel shall permit the loading of such
goods on a conveyance unless -
(a) the bill relating to them after approval
by, and
(b) a written permission to
load the goods from , the proper officer are received by him.
5. Execution of bond.-
Before any such goods
are permitted to be loaded on the conveyance, the consignor or
the person-in-charge of the vessel shall be required to execute a
bond in such form and with such surety or sufficient security as
the proper officer may demand, binding himself in an amount not
exceeding the value of the goods.
6. Duties of the person-in-charge of the
conveyance.-
(1) On receipt of the documents referred to in
regulation 4, the person-in-charge of the conveyance shall
prepare as many sets of Manifest (in triplicate) in the Form
specified in Appendix B to these regulations in respect of
such goods as there are customs stations to be passed through on
the route.
He shall, immediately on arrival at any customs station of
delivery or re-entry, deliver a set of the manifest alongwith the
bill or bills relating to the goods to the proper officer at the
customs station.
(2) The proper officer shall, after making the necessary
check, make an endorsement on the manifest, retain one copy of
the manifest and return the other two copies to the
person-in-charge of the conveyance.
(3) The person-in-charge of the conveyance shall retain one
of the two copies for carrier"s record and present the other to
the proper officer at the loading station.
(4) The person-in-charge of the conveyance carrying such
goods shall not leave the customs station until a written
permission has been given by the proper officer after checking
the manifest presented to him under this regulation.
7. Delivery of bills at the destination station.-
The person-in-charge of the conveyance shall carry with him on
the journey all the bills relating to the goods delivered to him
and shall immediately on arrival at any customs station, deliver
to the proper officer such of the bills as relate to the goods
unloaded at that station.
8. Clearance of goods.-
Such goods, after being
unloaded at any customs station, shall not be cleared unless the
proper officer gives a written permission that all the goods so
unloaded are entered in the bill or bills delivered to him under
these Regulations.
9. Terms of the Bond.-
The condition of the
bond to be executed under Regulation 5 shall be that if the
person-in-charge of the conveyance or the consignor produces
proof within a time stipulated in the bond or such extended time
as the proper officer may permit that the goods have been
produced before the proper officer at destination the bond shall
be void; and if such proof be not furnished the executor of the
instrument shall be liable to pay an amount equal to the export
duty leviable on the goods and such penalty as may be adjudged or
imposed by the proper officer under the Customs Act, 1962, the
Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 (18 of 1947) or the
Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947) and shall also
be liable to forfeit the whole amount of the bond.
10. Execution of General Bond.-
Notwithstanding
anything contained in these Regulations, the proper officer may
permit the person-incharge of the conveyances or the consignor of
goods to enter into a general bond in such form and with such
surety or security as the proper officer may deem fit, in respect
of transport of goods as above said to be effected from time to
time.
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