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TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS (THROUGH FOREIGN TERRITORY) REGULATIONS, 1965
Notification No. 112
dated 21st August 1965 (NT) {As amended by Notification
No. 69 dated 14th May 1966 (NT)}
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157
read with section 56 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of
Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, namely:
These regulations may be called the Transportation
of Goods (Through Foreign Territory) Regulations, 1965.
These regulations shall apply to goods, whether
imported or indigenous which are to be transported from one part of India to
another through a route, which lies partly over the territory of a foreign
country.
3. Consignor to deliver a
bill:
(a) Whenever any goods to which
these regulations apply are to be transported, the consignor of the goods shall
make an entry to that effect by presenting to the proper officer a bill (in
duplicate) in the form specified in Appendix A to these regulations.
(b) Every such consignor shall,
while presenting the bill, make and subscribe to a declaration at the foot
thereof as to the truth of its contents.
4. Permission to load
goods, etc:
No person-in-charge of a vessel shall permit the
loading of such goods on a conveyance unless
(a)
the bill relating to them after approval by, and
(b)
a written permission to load the goods from, the proper officer are
received by him.
Before any such goods are permitted to be loaded on
the conveyance, the consignor or the person-in-charge of the vessel shall be
required to execute a bond in such form and with such surety or sufficient
security as the proper officer may demand, binding himself in an amount not
exceeding the value of the goods.
6. Duties of the
person-in-charge of the conveyance:
(1) On receipt of the documents
referred to in regulation 4, the person-in-charge of the conveyance shall
prepare as many sets of Manifest (in triplicate) in the Form specified in
Appendix B to these regulations in respect of such goods as there are
customs stations to be passed through on the route.
He shall, immediately on arrival at any customs
station of delivery or re-entry, deliver a set of the manifest alongwith the
bill or bills relating to the goods to the proper officer at the customs
station.
(2) The proper officer shall,
after making the necessary check, make an endorsement on the manifest, retain
one copy of the manifest and return the other two copies to the person-in-charge
of the conveyance.
(3) The person-in-charge of the
conveyance shall retain one of the two copies for carrier's record and present
the other to the proper officer at the loading station.
(4) The person-in-charge of the
conveyance carrying such goods shall not leave the customs station until a
written permission has been given by the proper officer after checking the
manifest presented to him under this regulation.
7. Delivery of bills at
the destination station:
The person-in-charge of the conveyance shall carry
with him on the journey all the bills relating to the goods delivered to him and
shall immediately on arrival at any customs station, deliver to the proper
officer such of the bills as relate to the goods unloaded at that station.
Such goods, after being unloaded at any customs
station, shall not be cleared unless the proper officer gives a written
permission that all the goods so unloaded are entered in the bill or bills
delivered to him under these Regulations.
The condition of the bond to be executed under
Regulation 5 shall be that if the person-in-charge of the conveyance or the
consignor produces proof within a time stipulated in the bond or such extended
time as the proper officer may permit that the goods have been produced before
the proper officer at destination the bond shall be void; and if such proof be
not furnished the executor of the instrument shall be liable to pay an amount
equal to the export duty leviable on the goods and such penalty as may be
adjudged or imposed by the proper officer under the Customs Act, 1962, the
Imports and Exports (Control) Act, 1947 (18 of 1947) or the Foreign Exchange
Regulation Act, 1947 (7 of 1947) and shall also be liable to forfeit the whole
amount of the bond.
10. Execution of General Bond:
Notwithstanding anything contained in these
Regulations, the proper officer may permit the person-incharge of the
conveyances or the consignor of goods to enter into a general bond in such form
and with such surety or security as the proper officer may deem fit, in respect
of transport of goods as above said to be effected from time to time.
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