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41. Delivery of 1[departure manifest or export manifest] or export report.--(1) 2[The person-in-charge of a conveyance carrying export goods or imported goods or any other person as may be specified
by the Central Government, by notification, shall, before departure of the conveyance from a customs
station, deliver to the proper officer in the case of a vessel or aircraft, a departure manifest or an export
manifest by presenting electronically, and in the case of a vehicle, an export report, in such form and
manner as may be prescribed and in case, such person-in-charge or other person fails to deliver the
departure manifest or export manifest or the export report or any part thereof within such time, and the
proper officer is satisfied that there is no sufficient cause for such delay, such person-in-charge or other
person shall be liable to pay penalty not exceeding fifty thousand rupees.]
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4[Provided that the 5[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs may, in cases
where it is not feasible to deliver the 6[departure manifest or export manifest] by presenting electronically,
allow the same to be delivered in any other manner.]
(2) The person delivering the 6[departure manifest or export manifest] or export report shall at the
foot thereof make and subscribe to a declaration as to the truth of its contents.
(3) If the proper officer is satisfied that the 6[departure manifest or export manifest] or export report is
in any way incorrect or incomplete and that there was no fraudulent intention, he may permit such
manifest or report to be amended or supplemented.
1. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 56, for "export manifest" (w.e.f. 28-3-2018).
2. Subs. by Act 23 of 2019, s. 70, for certain words (w.e.f. 1-8-2019).
3. Proviso omitted by Act of 23 of 2004, s. 66 (w.e.f. 10-9-2004).
4. Ins. by Act 17 of 2013, s. 71 (w.e.f. 10-5-2013).
5. Subs. by Act 25 of 2014, s. 78, for "Commissioner of Customs" (w.e.f. 6-8-2014).
6. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 56, for "export manifest" (w.e.f. 28-3-2018).