Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
(Central Board of Excise and Customs)
Notification No. 115 /2016-Customs (N.T.)
New Delhi, dated the 26th August, 2016
G.S.R. (E).--In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section
141 read with section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central
Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations to further
amend the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, namely:-
1. (1) These regulations may be called the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas
(Amendment) Regulations, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
2. In the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the said regulations’), in regulation 5, namely:-
a) in sub-regulation (3), for the word “thirty”, the word “ten” shall be
substituted:
b) in sub-regulation (4), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that the condition of furnishing of bank guarantee shall not be
applicable to ports notified under the Major Ports Act, 1962 (38 of 1963) or to
the Central Government or State Governments or their undertakings or to the
customs cargo service provider authorised under Authorised Economic Operator
Programme.”
[F. No. 450/114/2015-Cus IV]
(Zubair Riaz)
Director (Customs)
Note: The principal regulations notified vide
Notification No. 26/2009-Customs
(N.T.) dated 17th March, 2009 were published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Par II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R 174(E) dated
17th March, 2009 and was last amended vide
Notification No. 101/2012-Customs
(N.T.) dated 16th November, 2012 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section-3, sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. 831(E) dated 16th
November, 2012.
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