Implementation Dates for New Manifest Regulation Extended by Another Three Months to 31 Dec. 2025 in Most Customs Ports

· Documentation Bottlenecks and Inadequate Preparation in Networks holds up Implementation yet again Rules Designed for Customs Surveillance

[Notification No. 61/2025-Customs (N.T.) dated 30 September, 2025]

G.S.R. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157, read with sections 30, 30A, 41, 4 IA, 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 in the 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 (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2025.

(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 "31.12.2025" shall be substituted.

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