Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018

FORM- X A
[See Regulation 9 (2)]

(Bond for transit through foreign territory)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we...............................……….………….. through our ……………. (hereinafter called “authorised carrier” which expression shall include his heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives) are held and firmly bound to the President of India (hereinafter called “the Government” which expression shall include his successors and assigns) to the sum of Rs .................................. for payment whereof we hereby bind ourselves and each of us bind himself and our heirs, executive and administration firmly by these presents.

WHEREAS THE said authorised carrier applied to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be at ............................................port to permit the transit of the coastal goods from ________to _______ through ________fully described and specified in the Departure Manifest.

AND WHEREAS the said Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be has granted permission for the transit of the said coastal goods from ______to______ through ________on the condition that the said authorised carrier agreed to execute the said bond with such conditions as hereunder written.

Now the condition of the above-written Bond is such that in case,

(a) the containers brought back to the destination port after transit differ from the description given in the said Departure Manifest or

(b) the contents thereof have been wrongly described in the said Departure Manifest; or

(c) goods mentioned in the said Departure Manifest are not accounted to the satisfaction of the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, or in case the said goods or any part thereof being subject to export duty or any restrictions under the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) or any other Act or otherwise, have been lost while in transit over any foreign territory

I/We agree to pay on demand to the President of India the amount of value of the said goods, and also such amount of penalty as may "be adjudged or imposed by the proper officer on me/us under the Customs Act, 1962.

lt is hereby agreed that any amount that may be due from me/us under this Bond may be recovered in the manner laid down in sub-section (i) of Section 142 of the Customs Act, 1962.

SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO

Signed by the authorised carrier