1999 (8) TMI 282

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.... the Respondent. [Order]. - The appellants are Steamer Agent. 7 containers containing a total of 146 packages belonging to two exporters were shipped by them to Houston in USA under cover of 7 bills of lading. These seven containers were rejected and re-imported under cover of Service bill of lading dt. 12-8-1995. Although the same number of containers was shown, the number of packages were ....

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....endment of the manifest should have been permitted in terms of Section 30(3). It is his submission that the imposition of penalty was not warranted. 4. I have considered the submissions. The service bill of lading covered 7 packages which totally contained 146 packages but the service bill of lading showed 106 packages. This mistake could have been located by the appellants and corrected b....