Amendment in Customs Rules, 2001
GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN
(REVENUE DIVISION)
FEDERAL BOARD OF REVENUE
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Islamabad, the 23' October, 2024.
NOTIFICATION
(Customs)
S.R.0.1446(1)/2024.- The following draft of certain further amendments in
the Customs Rules, 2001, which the Federal Board of Revenue proposes to make 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), is hereby
published for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and, as required
by sub-section (3A) of the said section 219, notice is hereby given that objections or
suggestions thereon, if any, may for consideration of the Board, be sent within fifteen
days of publication of this Notification in the official Gazette. Any objections or
suggestions which may be received from any person, before the expiry of the
aforesaid period, shall be taken into consideration by the Federal Board of Revenue,
namely:-
DRAFT AMENDMENTS
In the aforesaid Rules, in Chapter XIV,-
in rule 326, in clause (c), after the word "Trust", occurring for the third
(1)
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 added; and
(2) 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. 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 *Yr
(Rizwan m
Secretary (Transi & Border Trade)
