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Amends Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 (notification No. 26/2009-Customs (N.T.), dated the 17th March, 2009)

Notification No. 43/2012-Customs (N.T.)

New Delhi, dated the 16th May, 2012

G.S.R.  (E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 141 read with section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations to amend the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, namely :-

1. (1) These regulations may be called the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 2012.

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

2. In the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations),-

(1)  in regulation 6 of the said regulations, in sub-regulation (1),-

(i) in clause (a), for the words “proper officer”, the words “Inspector of Customs or Preventive Officer or Examining Officer” shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (f), for the words “proper officer”, the words “Superintendent of Customs or Appraiser” shall be substituted;

(iii) in clauses (g), (h) and (k), for the words “proper officer”, the words “Deputy Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner of Customs” shall be substituted;

(iv) in clause (l), for the words “proper officer”, the words “Superintendent of Customs or Appraiser or Inspector of Customs or Preventive officer or examining officer, as the case may be” shall be substituted;

(2) in regulation 7 of the said regulations, after sub-regulation (1), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided that no exemption shall be granted in respect of any of the conditions referred to in regulation 5, where the overall safety and security of the premises are likely to be affected thereby.”.

[F. No. 450/55/2008-Cus.IV]

(Vikas)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal Notification No. 26 / 2009 -Customs (N.T.), dated the 17th March, 2009, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i), dated the 17th March, 2009 vide G.S.R.174 (E), dated the 17th March, 2009 and was last amended by notification No. 96/2010-Customs (N.T.),dated the 12th November, 2010, vide number G.S.R. 909 (E), dated the 12th November, 2010.

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