Implementation Dates for New Manifest Regulation Extended by Another Two Months to 31 August 2026 from 1 July 2026 in Most Customs Ports

[Notification No. 61/2026-Customs (N.T.) dated 1 July, 2026]

G.S.R. .... (E).- 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 amendments inthe Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. -(1) These regulations may be called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018.

(1) In the TABLE after FORM-XII:

i. against Sr. No. 6, in column (3), for the entry, the entry "31.08.2026" shall be substituted.

F. No. 450/58/2015- Cus.-IV(Pt.I)