PASSENGER'S BAGGAGE (LEVY OF FEES) REGULATIONS, 1966
Notification No. 111-Cus., dated 8th June, 1966
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 157 read
with sub-section (2) of section 158 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the
Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following Regulations,
namely:—
- Short title. — These regulations may be called
the Passenger's Baggage (Levy of Fees) Regulations, 1966.
- Extent of application. — These regulations shall apply
to baggage including any package comprised therein, detained or seized from
passengers or taken over as unclaimed, and subsequently released or
returned. \
- Levy of fees. — In respect of any such baggage or any
package comprised therein, a fee of such amount as the Commissioner of
Customs may fix shall be levied and collected at the time the baggage or
package is released or returned, having regard to —
- the nature of the articles contained in the baggage or package;
- the charges incurred in the transportation of the baggage or package
from the landing place to the place of storage including the porterage
charges; and
- any other expenditure incurred for services rendered:
Provided that no fee shall be levied in respect of any baggage or package
detained by the customs authorities but released to the passenger on the ground
that it has been in his bonafide use.