Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018

Regulation 9. Conditions governing transhipment or transit through a designated foreign route

(1) The transhipment shall be allowed under the following conditions-

(a) the goods are mentioned in the arrival manifest or departure manifest, as the case may be, for transhipment to any customs station;
(b) such transhipment is by, a vessel, train or a truck or by a combination of two or more of these modes of transport;
(c) the authorised carrier executes a bond in Form-IX A or Form-IX B or Form-IX C or Form-IX D as applicable ,with or without bank guarantee or surety:

Provided that where the transhipment of goods is directly between two sea ports, no bond and bank Guarantee shall be furnished;

¹[(d) in case of imported goods or export goods meant for transhipment by land route, the officer authorised by the Commissioner of customs, shall seal the container or the bonded truck or covered truck or wagon, as the case may be, before permitting such transhipment

Provided that Commissioner of custom may, in certain cases, allow transhipment without sealing the container or the bonded truck or covered truck or wagon, for reasons to be recorded in writing]

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(2) In case of coastal goods manifested for transit through a designated foreign ¹[route] ^[helldodold[territory]^helldod], the authorised carrier shall execute a bond in Form-X A or Form-X B or Form-X C or Form-X D as applicable with or without bank guarantee or surety.

1. Substituted vide:-Notification No. 54/2019-Customs (N.T.) Dated 01/08/2019