Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976
Notification No.421/76-Cus.,dated 23-10-1976
amended by Notification no.221-Cus.,dated
22-10-1977 Notification 113/2003-Cus (N.T.), dated
19-12-2003 Notification No. 74/2005-Cus (N.T.), dated
30-08-2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 157, read with section 30 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 (Aircraft)
Regulations, 1976.
(2) They shall come into force on such
date as the Central Board of Excise and Customs may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definition.-
In these regulations,
"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 the
aircraft; and
(c) consist of -
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(i) | a general declaration, in Form I [See
Form 69 ]. |
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(ii) | a passenger manifest, in Form II [See
Form 70 ]. |
| (iii) | a cargo manifest, in Form III [See Form
71 ]. |
| (iv) | a list of private property in the
possession of the Captain of the Aircraft and other members of
the crew, in Form IV |
(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 V.
4. Cargo manifest.-
(1) The cargo manifest
referred to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (c) of regulation 3
shall be delivered in separate sheets in respect of the following
categories of cargo, namely :-
(a) cargo to be landed;
(b) unaccompanied baggage;
(c) goods to be transhipped;
(d) same bottom or retention cargo.
(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; or |
| (vii) | silver, |
irrespective of whether for landing, for
transhipment, or for being carried as same bottom cargo, shall be
furnished in separate sheets and shall be set out in the order of
the ports of loading.
(b) If an aircraft does not carry any
of the cargoes referred to in clause (a), a nil declaration shall
be furnished.
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