Customs - Amendment to Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 - Issue of amendment to Public Notice

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....ard vide Notification No.65/2018- Cus.(N.T.), dt.30.07.2018 to 01st November, 2018; vide Notification No.88/2018- Cus(N.T.), dt.30.10.2018 to 01st March, 2019 and vide Notification No.17/2019-Cus (N.T.), dt.27.02.2019 to 01st August, 2019. Board vide Notification No.54/2019-Customs (N.T.), dated 01.08.2019 has issued certain amendments to the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018. The amendments to the said Regulations are furnished hereunder for information and compliance. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157, read with sections 30, 30A, 41, 41A, 53, 54, 56, sub-section (3) of section 98 and sub-section (2) of section 158 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following regulations further to amend the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These regulations may be called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment (Amendment) Regulations, 2019. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, -....

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....authority" means an 'officer of the Post Office' as defined in The Indian Post Office Act, 1898 (6 of 1898); (1) "Special Economic Zone (SEZ)" means special economic zone as per the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005); (2) Any reference to a Commissioner of customs shall also include a reference to Principal Commissioner of customs for purposes of these regulations. (3) The words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act;'; (iii) in Regulation 3, - (a) in sub-regulation (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: "Provided that the postal authority shall not be required to apply for the registration in case such authority intimates to the jurisdictional Commissioner of customs in writing, to transact business under these regulations. "; (b) after sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely: - "(IA) Any other person notified by the Central Government for the purposes of filing arrival or departure manifest, shall be required to enter into a bond of rupees te....

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....er may, irrespective of the voyage duration, update the arrival manifest before entry inwards at the destination customs port."; (v) in Regulation 5, - (a) for sub-regulation (1), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely: - "(1) An authorised sea carrier carrying imported goods, export goods or coastal goods, shall before the departure of the vessel from the port, deliver the departure manifest to the proper officer electronically: Provided that where it is not practicable to deliver the departure manifest or any part thereof electronically, then the manifest or any part thereof shall be submitted manually in duplicate with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs or any other officer authorised by him: Provided further that for the vessels carrying only coastal goods and operating from exclusive berths meant for coastal goods at the loading as well as the unloading ports, there shall be no requirement of delivering departure manifest." ; (b) after sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted, namely: - "(3) Any authorised sea carrier may update the departure manifest within twe....

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.... permitting such transhipment: Provided that Commissioner of custom may, in certain cases, allow transhipment without sealing the container or the bonded truck or covered truck or wagon, for reasons to be recorded in writing. "; (b) in sub-regulation (2), for the word "territory", the word "route" shall be substituted. "; (ix) in Regulation 10, - (a) in sub-regulation (1), - (A) in clause (f), after the words "area or enroute", the words ", under its custody" shall be inserted; (B) for the clause (l), the following clause shall be substituted, namely: - "(1) not demand any container detention charges for the containers laden with the goods detained by customs for purpose of verifying the entries made under section 46 or section 50 of the Act, if the entries are found to be correct. Provided that the authorised carrier may demand, container detention charges for the period, commencing after expiry of sixty days. "; (b) for sub-regulation (2), the following sub-regulation shall be substituted, namely: "(2) The authorised carrier, after intimation to the Commissioner of customs, may outsource any....

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....         II. Transhipment of Imported Goods from Land Customs Station to Port:- (a) Departure Manifest to be filed at Land Customs Station:- Authorised Carrier Code: Bond No. of Authorised Carrier Land Customs Station (LCS) Departure Manifest No. and Date: Auto generated Sl.No Import report no. by which cargo arrived at LCS Container No. & Customs Seal No Destination Goods description Train No. & Truck No. Net Wt. & Gross Wt. in case of non-containerized cargo Gate Out Time                 (a) Arrival Manifest to be filed at Port: Authorised Carrier Code: Bond No. of Authorised Carrier Port Arrival Manifest No. and Date: Auto Generated Sl. No. Departure Manifest filed at Port and date Goods description Container No. & Customs Seal No Train No. & Truck No. Net Wt. & Gross Wt. in case of non-containerized cargo Gate in Time & date                                 ....