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Import Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1971
Notification No. 35-Cus.,dated 17th April, 1971 as
amended by Notification No. 17/95-Cus.(N.T.), dated 13-3-1995
and No. 112/2003 dated 19-12-2003
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central
Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following
regulations, namely :-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These
regulations may be called the Import Manifest (Vessels)
Regulations, 1971.
2. Definition.- In these regulations, unless
the context otherwise requires, "Form" means a Form appended to
these regulations.
3. Import Manifest.-
(1) |
Every import manifest shall - |
(a) | be delivered in duplicate; |
(b) | cover all the goods carried in a vessel;
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(c) | consist of - |
| (i) | an application for entry inwards in
Form I [See Form 56 ], |
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(ii) | a general declaration in Form II
[See Form 57 ], |
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(iii) | a cargo declaration in Form III
[See Form 58 ], |
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(iv) | a vessel's stores list in Form IV
[See Form 59 ], |
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(v) | a list in Form V of private
property in the possession of the Master, officers and crew.]
[See Form 59A ]. |
(2) | Any person who delivers the
import manifest to proper officer under section 30 of the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), shall apply for
registration with the Customs in Form VI. |
4. Sizes of Forms I, II, III, IV and V.-
Each of the Forms I, II, III, IV and V shall be on paper of
durable quality and the forms shall have the following sizes,
namely :-
Forms I, II, IV and V - 210
x 297 millimetres.
Forms III
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430 x 340 millimetres.
5. Manner of declaring cargo.-
(1) | The cargo
declaration shall be delivered in separate sheets in respect of
each of the following categories of cargo, namely :-
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(a) | cargo to be landed; |
(b) | unaccompanied baggage; |
(c) | goods to be transhipped; |
(d) | same bottom or retention cargo : |
Provided that in respect of
cargo to be landed as also in respect of unaccompanied baggage
the details shall be set out in the order of the ports of loading
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Provided further that in
respect of same bottom or retention cargo it will be sufficient
if details relating to the nature of the cargo and number of the
packages are declared.
(2)
(a) Notwithstanding anything
contained in sub-regulation (1), the cargo declaration in respect
of -
| (i) | arms; |
| (ii) | ammunition; |
| (iii) | explosives; |
| (iv) | narcotics; |
| (v) | dangerous drugs; |
| (vi) | gold; |
| (vii) | silver, |
irrespective of whether for landing, for
transhipment, or for being carried as same bottom cargo, shall be
delivered in separate sheets and shall be set out in the order of
the ports of loading.
(b)If a vessel does not carry any of
the cargoes referred to in clause (a), a nil declaration shall be
delivered.
6. Delivery of vessel's stores list and
list of private property.-
The vessel's stores list
and the list of private property in the possession
of the Master, officer and crew at the time of
departure from the last port of call may be delivered
along with the cargo declaration.
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