Courier - Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2001.

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Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 - Amendments Notification No. 11/2001-Cus. (N.T.), dated 14-3-2001 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 to further amend the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such amendment, namely:- 1. (i) These regulations may be called the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Amendment Regulations, 2001. (ii) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette. 2. In the Courier Imports and Exports (Clearance) Regulations, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations) in regulation 2, - (i) (ii) in sub-reg u latio n , fo r th e w o rd s “in co m in g o r o u tg o in g flig h ts”, th e w o rd s “in co m in g o r o u tg o in g flig h ts o r b y an y o th er m o d e o f tran sp o rt” sh a ll b e su b stitu ted ; in sub-regulation (2), - (a) in clause (a), fo r th e w o rd s an d letters “A h m ed ab ad a n d Jaip u r”, th e w o rd s an d letters “A h m ed ab ad , Jaip u r an d land custom stations other than at Gojadanga and Petrap o le in W est B en g al” sh a ll b e su b stitu ted ; in clause (b), in sub-clau se (iv), fo r th e w o rd s “sh ip p in g B ill” th e w o rd s “sh ip p in g b ill o r b ill o f exp o rt” sh all b e substituted. (b) 3. In regulation 5 of the said regulations, - (i) in sub-regulation (1), - (A) in clause (a), - (a) (b) (c) fo r th e w o rd s “p e rso n in ch arg e o f aircraft”, th e w o rd s “p erso n in ch arg e o f aircraft o r th e au thorised agent of Courier Service carrying goods by any other mode of tran sp o rt” sh a ll b e su b stitu ted ; fo r th e w o rd s “airp o rt b y su ch aircraft”, th e w o rd s “airp o rt by such aircraft or the land custom station by any other mode of transport, as the case may be, “sh a ll b e su b stitu ted ; fo r th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C o u rier B ill of Entry-1 (CBE-1 )”, th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets a n d letters “C o u rier B ill o f E n try-1 (CBE-1) or Form Courier Bill of Entry- VI (CBE-V I), as m a y b e ap p licab le,” sh all b e substituted; (i) in clause (b), for the words, figures, brackets and letters (B) “C o u rier B ill o f E n try-II (CBE-II)”, th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C o u rier B ill o f E n try-II (CBE-II) or Form Courier Bill of Entry-VII (CBE-V II), as m ay b e ap p lica b le”, shall be substituted; in sub-reg u latio n (2 ), in cla u se (b ), fo r th e w ord s “p erso n in ch arg e o f aircraft” th e w o rd s “p erso n in ch arg e o f aircraft o r th e authorised agent of courier service carrying goods by any other m o d e o f tran sp o rt” sh all b e su b stitu ted ; in sub-regulation (3), for the words, figures, brackets and letters “C o u rier B ill o f E n try-III (CBE-III), Form Courier Bill of Entry-IV (CBE-IV) or as the case may be in Form Courier Bill of Entry-V (CBE-V )”, th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C o u rier B ill o f Entry-III (CBE-III), Form Courier Bill of Entry-IV (CBE-IV); Form Courier Bill of Entry– V (CBE-V), Form Courier Bill of Entry– VIII (CBE-VIII); Form Courier Bill of Entry-IX (CBE-IX) or as the case may be in Form Courier Bill of Entry-X (CBE-X )” sh all b e substituted. in sub-reg u la tio n (4 ), fo r th e w o rd s “p erso n in ch arg e o f a ircraft”, th e w o rd s “p erso n in ch arg e o f aircraft o r th e au th o rised ag en t o f co u rier service carryin g g o o d s b y an y o th er m o d e o f tran sp o rt” shall be substituted. (ii) (iii) (iv) 4. in regulation 6 of the said regulations, - (i) in sub-regulation (1), - (a) fo r th e w o rd “airp o rt”, th e w o rd s “airp o rt o r b efo re cro ssin g the international border by any other mode of transport at the lan d cu sto m s statio n ” sh all b e su b stitu ted ; (b) fo r th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C ourier Shipping Bill-I (CSB-I) or Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II)”, th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C o u rier S h ip p in g B ill-I (CSB-I), Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II), Form Courier Bill of Export-I (CBEx-I) or as the case may be in Form Courier bill of Export-II (CBEx-II)” sh all b e su b stitu ted ; (ii) in sub-reg u latio n (2 ), in cla u se (b ), fo r th e w o rd “flig h t”, th e w o rd s “flig h t o r acro ss th e in tern atio n al b o rd er b y an y o th er m o d e o f tran sp o rt” sh a ll b e su b stitu ted ; (iii) in sub-regulation (3), - (a) (b) fo r th e w o rd s, fig u res, b rackets an d letters “C o u rier S h ip p in g Bill-I (CSB-I) or Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II)”, th e w o rd s, fig u res, b ra ckets an d letters “C o u rier S h ip p in g B ill-I (CSB-I), Form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II); Form Courier Bill of export-I (CBEx-I) or as the case may be in Form Courier Bill of Export-II (CBEx-II)” sh all b e su b stitu ted ; in p ro viso , in clau se (e), fo r th e w ord s “S h ip p in g B ill”, th e w o rd s “sh ip p in g b ill o r b ill o f exp o rt” sh all b e su b stitu ted . 5. In reg u la tio n 7 o f th e said reg u latio n s, fo r th e w o rd s “Ja ip u r”, th e w o rd s “Jaip u r o r as th e case m ay b e th e C o m m issio n er o f C u sto m s, West Bengal at Calcutta in charge of the land customs stations at G o jad an g a an d Petrap o p le” sh all b e su b stitu ted . 6. In reg u la tio n 1 1 o f th e sa id reg u latio n s, fo r th e w o rd s “o n e lakh ru p ees in case o f o th er airp o rts”, th e w o rd s “o n e lakh ru p ees in case o f o th er airp o rts an d lan d cu sto m s sta tio n s” sh all b e su b stitu ted . 7. In reg u latio n 1 2 o f th e said reg u latio n s, fo r th e w ord “airp o rt” th e w o rd s “airp o rt o r lan d cu sto m s sta tio n ” sh all b e su b stitu ted . 8. In regulation 13 of the said regulations, - (i) (ii) (iii) in clau se (c), fo r th e w o rd s “sh ip m en t o f”, th e w o rd “o f” sh all be substituted; in clau se (d ), fo r th e w o rd “sh ip m en t”, th e w o rd “C learan ce” shall be substituted; in clause (e), fo r th e w o rd s “sh ip m en ts o f” th e w o rd “o f” sh all be substituted. 9. After form Courier Shipping Bill-II (CSB-II) appended to the said regulations, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “Fo rm C o u rier B ill o f E n try-VI (CBE-VI) Form Courier Bill of Entry-VII (CBE-VII) Form Courier Bill of Entry-VIII (CBE-VII) Form Courier Bill of Entry-IX (CBE-IX) Form Courier Bill of Entry-X (CBE-X) Form Courier Bill of Export-I (CBEx-I) Form Courier Bill of Export-II (CBEx-II).” FORM COURIER BILL OF ENTRY-VI (CBE-VI) (see regulation 5) COURIER IMPORT MANIFEST Name and Address of On Board Courier Company Name of the Courier or authorised Representative or Driver/Owner of the Vehicle Vehicle No. Registration Date Arrival of Place of origin/Place of loading Customs Department Serial No./Date Name and Address of Authorised Courier No. of Bags Weight of land Name the customs station S. No. 1. 2. 3. Signature of Courier/Authorised Representaitve/Owner/Driver of vehicle. Total FORM COURIER BILL OF ENTRY-VII (CBE-VII) (see regulation 5) AUTHORISED COURIER MANIFEST Name and Address of the Authorised Courier Name land Customs station of Vehicle Registration No. of Place origin/Place of loading Customs Department No./date Serial Customs Department Serial No./date (Courier Import Manifest CBE-VI) - S. No. Invoice No. No. of packages Weight Description of goods C o n sig n o r’s name Value Consignees Name and Address 1. 2. 3. 4. Total Signature of Authorised Courier FORM COURIER BILL OF ENTRY-VIII (CBE-VIII) (see regulation 5) COURIER BILL OF ENTRY FOR DOCUMENTS and Name Address of the Authorised Courier Name land custom station of Vehicle Registration No. Date of arrival Number bags of Declaration Customs No./date Serial Place of origin/Pla ce loading of Number of consignm ents (i) I/We hereby declare that I/We have obtained the authorisation from each of the consignees mentioned above to act as an agent for the clearance of the goods described above. (ii) I/We hereby declare that the goods imported as per this Bill of Entry include only documents of no commercial value and do not include goods which are liable to duty or are prohibited or restricted for import into India under any law for the time being in force. Signature of Audit Officer Signature of Assessing Officer (Passed out of Customs charge) Signature of the proper officer FORM COURIER BILL OF ENTRY-IX (CBE-IX) (see regulation 5) COURIER BILL OF ENTRY FOR SAMPLES AND FREE GIFTS and Name Address of the Authorised Courier Name of land custom station Vehicle Registration No. Date of Arrival Place of origin/ place of loading Customs Serial No./date Invoic e No. and date No. of packa ges Consign ees Name and Address Descrip tion of goods Quant ity Invoic e Value Rate of Excha nge Duty CTH/ Notification No. Assessa ble Value (Sectio n 14) S. No . 1. 2. Declaration (i) I/We hereby declare that I/We have obtained the authorisation from each of the consignees mentioned above to act as an agent for the clearance of the goods described above. (ii) I/We hereby declare that the goods imported as per this Bill of Entry include only bona fide commercial samples, prototypes of goods and bona fide gifts of articles for personal use of a value not exceeding Rs. 5000/- and which are for the time being not subject to any prohibition or restriction on their import into India. (iii) I/We enclose herewith _________ (number) of airway bills and ________ (number) of invoices for the aforesaid consignments with this Bill of Entry. (iv) I/We hereby declare that the contents of this Bill of Entry are true and correct in every respect and are in accordance with the Airway Bills, the invoices and other documents attached herewith. Signature and stamp of authorised courier Signature of Audit Officer Signature of Assessing Officer (Passed out of Customs charge) Signature of the proper officer FORM COURIER BILL OF ENTRY-X (CBE-X) (See regulation 5) COURIER BILL OF ENTRY FOR DUTIABLE GOODS Name land customs station of Vehicle Registration No. Date Arrival of Place of Origin/Place of loading Customs Serial No. and date and of Name address the Authorised Courier S.No. Invoice number and date of No. packages Consign ee Name and address Descriptio n of goods Quantity number/ weight Invoic e Value Rate of Excha nge Freight Ins (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) 1. 2. 3. Othe r Landin g Charg es Assessab le Value (Rs.) (Section 14) CTH Notf n. No. Duty Rate Amou nt ETH Notf n. No. Value for Addition al duty Additional duty Rate/Amou nt Tot al dut y (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19 ) 1. 2. 3. Please indicate all other charges such as commissions, includible in the assessable value as per Section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962. (i) I/We hereby declare that I/We have obtained the authorisation from each of the consignees mentioned above to act as an agent for the clearance of the goods described above. (ii) I/We hereby declare that I/We have not received any other documents or information showing a different price, value, quantity or description of the said goods and that if any time hereafter. I/We receive any documents from the importer showing a different state of facts I/We will immediately make the same known to the Commissioner of Customs. (iii) I/We hereby declare that the contents of this Bill of Entry are true and correct in every respect and are in accordance with the Airway Bills and the invoices and other documents attached herewith. (iv) I/We enclose herewith ___________ (number) of airway bills and _________ (number) of invoices for the aforesaid consignments with this Bill of Entry. Signature of Assessing Officer Audit of Signature Officer (Passed out of Customs charge) Signature of the proper officer FORM COURIER BILL OF EXPORT-I (CBEx-I) (see regulation 6) COURIER SHIPPING BILL FOR DOCUMENT and of Name Address Courier Company Name of the land customs station S. No. Invoice No. Vehicle No. Registration of Place origin/Place of loading Customs Department Serial No./date and Name Address of the Authorised Courier No. of Bags Weight 1. 2. 3. Total Signature of the Courier Company Declaration (i) I/We hereby declare that I/We have obtained the authorisation from each of the consignors mentioned above to act as an agent for the clearance of the goods described above. (ii) I/We hereby declare that the goods as per this Shipping Bill include only documents of no commercial value and do not include goods which are liable to duty or are prohibited or restricted for export from India under any law for the time being in force. Signature and stamp of Authorised Courier Signature of Proper Officer of Customs FORM COURIER BILL OF EXPORT-II (CBEx-II) (see regulation 6) COURIER SHIPPING BILL Name and Address of the Authorised Courier Name of land custom station Vehicle Registration No. Place loading of Customs Department Serial No./date No. of packag es Weig ht Descripti on goods of Consigno r’s N am e and address Valu e Port of Shipme nt Consigne e’s N am e and address Invoi ce No. and date S. No . 1. 2. 3. 4. Declaration (i) I/We hereby declare that I/We have obtained the authorisation from each of the consignors mentioned above to act as an agent for the clearance of the goods described above. (ii) I/We hereby declare that the goods for export as per this shipping bill include only bona fide commercial samples, prototypes of goods and bona fide gifts of articles for personal use of a value not exceeding Rs. 25,000/- for a consignment and which are for the time being not subject to any prohibition or restriction on their export from India and no transfer of foreign exchange is involved. (iii) I/We enclose herewith _________ (number) of airway bills and _________ (number) of invoices for the aforesaid consignments with this Shipping Bill. (iv) I/We hereby declare that the contents of this shipping bill are true and correct in every respect and are in accordance with the Airway Bills, the invoices and other documents attached herewith. Signature of Proper Officer of Customs Signature and stamp of Authorised Courier [Notification No. 11/2001-Cus. (N.T.), dated 14-3-2001] Amends 87/98-Cus. (NT) dated 09-11-1998

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• Customs Act, 1962.

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