The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on Friday notified the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020.
They come into effect from the 31st of July, 2020.
The amended regulations seek to revise the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018.
In the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018, in regulation 15 in sub-regulation (1), for the expression, “from 15th May 2020 till 1st August 2020”, the expression, “from 15th May 2020 till 30th September 2020” shall be substituted.
The Board seeks to extend the timelines in the transitional provisions of the Regulations. The authorised dealer can now deliver the cargo declaration in Form-VIA or Form-VIB and Form-VIIA or Form-VIIB or arrival and departure manifest in Form-VIII or Form-VIIA, from 15th May 2020 till 30th September 2020.
Further, in sub-regulation (2), for the words, figures and letters “till 1st August 2020” the words, figures and letters “till 30th September 2020” shall be substituted.
Additionally, the authorised sea carrier shall continue to deliver the cargo declaration in Form III of the Import Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1971 and Form I of the Export Manifest (Vessels) Regulations, 1976, in the manner as was applicable before the commencement of these regulations, till 30th September 2020.
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