Implementation of New Cargo Declaration under Sea Cargo Manifest Regulations Extended again to 1 August 2020

[Customs Notification No. 14 (Non Tariff) dated 14^th February 2020]

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, 2020.

(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, in regulation 15:

a. in sub-regulation (1), for the expression, "for the period of forty-five days from the date of commencement of these regulations", the expression, "from 15th May, 2020 till 1st August, 2020" shall be substituted;

b. in sub-regulation (2), for the words, figures and letters "16th February, 2020", the words, figures and letters "till 1st August, 2020" shall be substituted.