Amendment in Customs Rules, 2001
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
(REVENUE DIVISION)
FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE
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Islamabad, the 20 November, 2024.
NOTIFICATION
S.R.O. Iq 13 (1)/2024.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 219
of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), section 50 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990, section
40 of the Federal Excise Act, 2005 and section 237 of the Income Tax Ordinance,
2001 (XLIX of 2001), the Federal Board of Revenue is pleased to direct that the
following further amendments shall be made in the Customs Rules, 2001, which, as
required by sub-section (3A) of the said section 219, were previously published vide
Notification No. S.R.0.1645(1)/2024, dated the 23 day of October, 2024, namely:-
In the aforesaid Rules, in Chapter XIV,-
in rule 326, in clause (c), after the word "Trust", occurring for the third
time, the expression "Iranian carrier as defined in Article 2 of the
Agreement on Bilateral Road Transportation of Goods between the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Government
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1987" shall be inserted; and
in rule 328, after sub-rule (6), the following new sub-rule shall be
inserted, namely:-
"(6A) In case of transshipment of goods through
Iranian carrier from Taftan to NLC Dry Port,
Quetta, the Iranian transport operator shall furnish a
bank guarantee equivalent to the amount of leviable
customs duties and taxes on goods meant for
transshipment, as determined by the Collectorate of
Customs Appraisement, Taftan, in terms of clause
(7) of Article 7 of the Agreement on Bilateral Road
Transportation of Goods between the Government
of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the
Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1987.
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The amount of bank guarantee shall be forfeited
apart from other consequential penal action under
the Act, and the rules made thereunder, if the Iranian
carrier misuses the facilities of the transshipment of
the imported goods.".
[C. No.1(14)T&BT/20131.
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Secretary (Transit & Border Trade)
