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Government amends Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976

The Regulations are amended to ensure that:-

(1) The passenger manifest shall be delivered within fifteen minutes of the closure and departure of the flights from the originating stations.

(2) The manifest shall be transmitted electronically to the Indian Customs.

(3) Where the manifest cannot be delivered electronically due to some unavoidable reason, the same may be delivered as acceptable to the concerned Commissioner of Customs in accordance with the conditions prescribed in the procedure.”.

Similar amendment is made to the Export Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations, 1976

NOTIFICATION NO. 74 and 75/2005-CUSTOMS (N.T), Dated : August 30, 2005