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Customs Act, 1962 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1962

CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 [Act No. 52 of Year 1962 dated 13th. December, 1962 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to customs Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT (1) This Act may be called the Customs Act, 1962. 1[(2) It extends to the whole of India.] (3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- 3[(1) "adjudicating authority" means any authority competent to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include the Board, Commissioner (Appeals) or Appellate Tribunal; (1A) "aircraft" has the same meaning as in the Aircraft Act, 1934 (22 of 1934); (1B) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Customs, Excise and Gold (Control) Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 129;] (2) "assessment" includes provisional assessment, reassessment and any order of assessment in which the duty assessed is nil; (3) "baggage" includes unaccompanied baggage but does not.....

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 6

Title: Provisions Relating to Conveyances Carrying Imported or Exported Goods

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....no fraudulent intention, he may permit such manifest or report to be amended or supplemented. ____________________ 1. Omitted by Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, section 66. Prior to omission it stood as "Provided that if the agent of the person-in-charge of the conveyance furnishes such security as the proper officer deems sufficient for duly delivering within seven days from the date of departure of the conveyance the export manifest or the export report, as the case may be, the proper officer may (subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf) accept such manifest or report within the aforesaid period". Section 42 - No conveyance to leave without written order (1) The person-in-charge of a conveyance which has brought any imported goods or has loaded any export goods at a customs station shall not cause or permit the conveyance to depart from that customs station until a written order to that effect has been given by the proper officer. (2) No such order shall be given until- ( a) the person-in-charge of the conveyance has answered the questions put to him under section 38; ( b) the provisions of section 41 have been complied with; ( c) the.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Chapter X

Title: Penalties and Procedure

State: Central

Year: 1898

.....shall, on every such subsequent conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. Section 60 - Penalty for breach of rules under section 16 Whoever, being appointed to sell postage stamps,-- (a) takes from any purchaser for any postage stamp or quantity of postage stamps a price higher than that fixed by any rule made under section 16, sub-section (3), clause (a), shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both; or (b) commits a breach of any other rule made under section 16, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees. Section 61 - Penalty for contravention of section 19, 19A or 20 (1) Whoever, in contravention of the provisions of section 191[orsection 19A] or section 20, sends or tenders or makes over in order to be sent by post any postal article or anything, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with bolh. (2) The detention in the Post Office of any postal article on the ground of its having been sent in contravention of the provisions of section 192[or.....

Indian Post Office Act, 1898 Section 66

Title: Penalty for Detention of Letters on Board Vessel Arriving in Port

State: Central

Year: 1898

(1) Whoever, being either the master of a ship arriving at any port in1[India] or any one on board, knowingly has in his baggage or in his possession or custody, after the postal articles on board or any of them have been sent to the post office at the port of arrival, any postal article within the exclusive privilege conferred on the Central Government by section 4, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every such postal article as aforesaid. (2) Whoever, being such master or other person as aforesaid, detains any such postal article as aforesaid after demand made for it by an officer of the Post Office, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees for every such postal article. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 25 of 1950, sec. 11 and Sch. IV, for "the States".

Customs Act, 1962 Section 39

Title: Export Goods Not to Be Loaded on Vessel Until Entry-outwards Granted

State: Central

Year: 1962

The master of a vessel shall not permit the loading of any export goods, other than baggage and mail bags, until an order has been given by the proper officer granting entry-outwards to such vessel.

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 11

Title: Special Provisions Regarding Baggage, Goods Imported or Exported by Post, and Stores

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....the description, quantity and value thereof, shall be deemed to be an entry for import or export, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act. Section 83 - Rate of duty and tariff valuation in respect of goods imported or exported by post (1) The rate of duty and tariff value, if any, applicable to any goods imported by post shall be the rate and valuation in force on the date on which the postal authorities present to the proper officer a list containing the particulars of such goods for the purpose of assessing the duty thereon : Provided that if such goods are imported by a vessel and the list of the goods containing the particulars was presented before the date of the arrival of the vessel, it shall be deemed to have been presented on the date of such arrival. (2) The rate of duty and tariff value, if any, applicable to any goods exported by post shall be the rate and valuation in force on the date on which the exporter delivers such goods to the postal authorities for exportation. Section 84 - Regulations regarding goods imported or to be exported by post The Board may make regulations providing for (a) the form and manner in which an entry may be.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 79

Title: Bona Fide Baggage Exempted from Duty

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....or a member of the crew in respect of which the said officer is satisfied that it has been in his use for such minimum period as may be specified in the rules ; (b) any article in the baggage of a passenger in respect of which the said officer is satisfied that it is for the use of the passenger or his family or is a bona fide gift or souvenir: Provided that the value of each such article and the total value of all such articles does not exceed such limits as may be specified in the rules. (2) The Central Government may make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section and, in particular, such rules may specify (a) the minimum period for which any article has been used by a passenger or a member of the crew for the purpose of clause (a) of sub-section (1) ; (b) the maximum value of any individual article and the maximum total value of all the articles which may be passed free of duty under clause (b) of sub-section (1) ; (c) the conditions (to be fulfilled before or after clearance) subject to which any baggage may be passed free of duty. (3) Different rules may be made under sub-section (2) for different classes of persons.

Customs Act, 1962 Section 81

Title: Regulations in Respect of Baggage

State: Central

Year: 1962

The Board may make regulations, (a) providing for the manner of declaring the contents of any baggage ; (b) providing for the custody, examination, assessment to duty and clearance of baggage ; (c) providing for the transit or transhipment of baggage from one customs station to another or to a place outside India.

Indian Tolls (Army and Air Force) Act, 1901 Section 4

Title: Tools on Vessels Transporting Troops and Baggage Etc., of Troops Embarked or Disembarked

State: Central

Year: 1901

.....Government] solely for the transport of troops, or (b) the horses, baggage or other effects of any troops embarking or disembarking at any port, or (c) carriages belonging to Government or employed {Subs.by the A.O.1950 for " in His Majesty's"}[in the Indian] military {Ins.by Act 10 of 1927, s.2 and Sch.I}[or air-force] service embarking or disembarking at any port. (2) In respect of all such vessels or troops, their families, their horses, baggage, and their effects, or any such carriages as aforesaid, the local authority concerned shall, in addition to its duties in the embarking and disembarking of the same, perform and supply all such reasonable services and accommodation as may, from time to time be required by { Subs.by the A.O.1937 for "the Government"}[the Central Government] and shall receive payment for all such services and accommodation on such terms and for such periods as may, from time to time, be determined by { Subs.by the A.O.1937 for "the Government"}[the Central Government] in consultation with such local authority.

CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT 1975 Chapter 98

Title: PROJECT IMPORTS; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE; PERSONAL IMPORTATIONS BY AIR OR POST; SHIP STORES

State: Central

Year: 1975

.....one or more specific contracts, which have been registered with the appropriate Custom House in the manner specified in regulation 5 and such contract or contracts has or have been so registered,- (i) before any order is made by the proper officer of customs permitting the clearance of the goods for home consumption; (ii) in the case of goods cleared for home consumption without payment of duty subject to re-export in respect of fairs, exhibitions, demonstrations, seminars, congresses and conferences, duly sponsored or approved by the Government of India or Trade Fair Authority of India, as the case may be, before the date of payment of duty. 5. Registration of contracts. (1) Every importer claiming assessment of the goods falling under the said heading No. 98.01, on or before their importation shall apply in writing to the proper officer at the port where the goods are to be imported or where the duty is to be paid for registration of the contract or contracts, as the case may be: Provided that in the case of consignments sought to be cleared through a Custom House other than the Custom House at which the contract is registered, the importer shall produce from the.....