Customs Airports Notified For Defence Goods
THE Government has amended Notification No. 61/94-Cus NT dated 21.11.1994 to notify Jamnagar in Gujarat and Chandigarh in Punjab to be Customs Airports for
(a) Unloading of:
1. baggage of defence personnel ;
2. imported goods related to Ministry of Defence.
(b) loading of:
1. baggage of defence personnel;
2. exported goods related to Ministry of Defence
But how can they load exported goods that is goods that are already exported? What they mean is ‘export goods' and not ‘ exported goods'!
As per the ‘NOTE' to this amending notification, Notification 61/94-Cus(NT) dated 21.11.1994 was last amended in the year 2002 by Notification No. 59/2002-Cus(NT) dated 28.08.2002 whereas it was last amended by Notification No. 67/2009-Cus (NT) dated 15.06.2009 and in the intervening period it was amended by several notifications making changes to the list of Customs Airports.
Why is it that the Board cannot track its own notifications before making amendments? Notifications issued by Board are subordinate legislation and they cannot be manufactured in a casual and routine manner. Fortunately, Notifications issued under section 7 of Customs Act, 1962 are not required to be placed before Parliament in terms of section 159 of Customs Act, 1962, but that does not provide any saving grace if notifications are issued in a very casual manner.
Notification No. , Dated: April 11, 2011