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Customs - Regulations01.08.1976

Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1976.

Document Text

BILL OF ENTRY (FORMS) REGULATIONS, 1976 C.B.E. & C. Notification No. 396-Cus., dated 1st August, 1976 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157, read with section 46, of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1971, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, namely :— 1. Short title and commencement. — (1) These regulations may be called the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 1976. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definition. — In these regulations, “Form” means a form appended to these regulations. 3. Form of Bill of Entry. — The Bill of Entry to be presented by an importer of any goods for home consumption or for warehousing or for ex-bond clearance for home consumption shall be in Form I or Form II or Form III, [Forms 22, 23 and 24 in Part 5 of this Manual] as the case may be. Explanation.—In this regulation, “goods” does not include those goods which are intended for transit or transhipment. _______

Source: Government of India — Customs - Regulations, dated 01.08.1976. Text is machine-extracted for reference; the officially published version prevails. Not legal advice.

HS Codes Referenced

196219711976

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