Comments/suggestions invited for draft Notification for amendment of Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 and draft Form Courier Shipping Bill-V

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

(Central Board of Excise and Customs)

Notification No   /2016 - Customs (N.T.)

          New Delhi, dated the August, 2016

G.S.R.(E)----In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, further to amend the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998, namely:-

1.  (1 ) These regulations may be called the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2016.

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

2.   In the said regulations, in the sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6, after the words, "Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II), wherever they occur, and before the words, "Form Courier Bill of Export-l (CBEx-I)", the words, "Courier Shipping Bill CSB-V" shall be inserted.

3.  In the said regulations, in the sub-regulation (3) of regulation 6, after the words, "Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II). wherever they occur, and before the words, "Form Courier Bill of Export-I (CBEx-I)", the words, "Courier Shipping Bill CSB-V" shall be inserted

4.  In the said regulations, in regulation 6 after the sub-regulation (3), the existing proviso shall be substituted namely:-

“Provided that for the goods specified in Appendix 3C of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20), such entry shall be made in the Form Courier Shipping Bill CSB-V"

[F.No.450/4/2013-Cus. IV I

(Zubair Riaz)

Director (Customs)