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Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

(Central Board of Excise and Customs)

Notification No. /2017-Customs (N.T.)

New Delhi, the June, 2017

G.S.R (E). -In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 46 of the Customs Act, 1962(52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Bill of Entry(Forms) Regulations, 1976, namely:-

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Bill of Entry (Forms) Amendment Regulations, 2017.

     (2)They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Bill of Entry(Forms)Regulations,1976, in regulation 3, for the words, figures, brackets and letters “Form I or Form II or Form III” the words, figures, brackets and letters “New Form I or New Form II or New Form III” shall be substituted.

[F.No.450/32/2016-Cus IV]

(Zubair Riaz)

Director(Customs)

Note:- The principal regulation was published vide notification number 396-Cus(N.T.) dated 1st August, 1976, superceded by notification number 03/88-Cus(N.T.) dated 14th January,1988 but then restored by notification number 77/89 dated 27th December,1989 and last amended vide notification number 27/2017 –Customs(N.T.) dated 31st March,2017.

Form - I

Form -II

Form - III

Amendment to Bill of Entry forms updates references, replacing legacy forms with New Form I, New Form II and New Form III. The draft regulation substitutes in regulation 3 of the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1976 the phrases 'Form I or Form II or Form III' with 'New Form I or New Form II or New Form III,' is titled Bill of Entry (Forms) Amendment Regulations, 2017, and will commence on publication in the Official Gazette under powers conferred by the Customs Act.