EXPORT MANIFEST (AIRCRAFT) REGULATIONS, 1976
Notification No. 419
dated 23rd October 1976 (NT)
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157,
read with section 41, of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board
of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, namely:
1. Short title and
commencement:
(1)
These regulations may be called the Export Manifest (Aircraft)
Regulations, 1976.
(2) They shall come into force on
such date as the Central Board of Excise and Customs may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.
In these regulations, "Form" means a Form
appended to these regulations.
(1)
Every export manifest shall -
(a)
be delivered in duplicate;
(b)
cover all the goods carried in the aircraft;
(c)
consist of -
(i) a general declaration, in
Form I,
(ii) a passenger manifest, in Form II,
(iii) a cargo manifest, in Form III,
(iv) a list of private property in the
possession of the Captain of the aircraft and other members of the crew, in Form
IV.
(2) The export manifest for all
goods shipped and transhipped and endorsed by the person-in-charge of the
aircraft as to the quantities shipped and transhipped shall be delivered to the
proper officer of customs at the airport, before the departure of the aircraft.
(1) The cargo manifest referred
to in sub-clause (iii) of clause (c) of regulation 3, shall be delivered in
separate sheets in respect of the following categories of cargo, namely:
(a)
cargo shipped;
(b)
cargo transhipped;
(c)
goods lying in the aircraft but not landed or transhipped (same bottom
cargo);
(d)
cargo in respect of which drawback has been claimed.
(2)
(a) Notwithstanding
anything contained in sub-regulation (1), the cargo declaration in respect of:
(i) arms;
(ii) ammunition;
(iii) explosives;
(iv) narcotics;
(v) dangerous drugs; or
(vi) gold,
irrespective of whether for
shipment, for transhipment or for being carried as same bottom cargo, shall be
furnished in separate sheets and shall be set out in the order of the ports of
loading.
(b) If an aircraft
does not carry any of the cargoes referred to in clause (a), a nil declaration
shall be furnished.
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