Reduction of Time Gap Between Berthing Of Vessel And Ent Inwards,

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....of the Customs Act, 1962. Attention is also invited to Public Notice No 03/2016 Dated 04.07.2016 Issued by Chennai Customs. For the sake of reference, Section 30 & 31 of Customs Act, 1962 are reproduced below: "Section 30: Delivery of import manifest or import report. - (1) The person in-charge of- (i) a vessel; or (ii) an aircraft; or (iii) a vehicle, carrying imported goods or any other person.as may be specified by the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, in this behalf shall/ in the case of a vessel or an aircraft, deliver to the proper officer an import. manifest prior to the arrival of the vessel of the aircraft, as the case may be, and in the case of a vehicle, an import report within twelve hou....

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.... officer granting entry inwards to such vessel. (2) No order under sub-section (1) shall be given until an import manifest has been delivered or the proper officer is satisfied that there was sufficient cause for not delivering it. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the unloading of baggage accompanying a passenger or a member of the crew, mail bags, animals, perishable goods and hazardous goods." 2. thus, on a co-joint reading of sections 30 and 31, it is clear that the vessel can start unloading the goods only after an order/permission/permit led "Entry Inward" is granted by the Customs following submission by the Master or Shipping Agent of the import manifest containing details of the cargo on board the vesse....