13. Procedure in transit

13. Procedure in transit

Part IV of the pass and the certificate shall be sent along with the consignment while in transit and shall be produced for inspection on demand made by any Prohibition and Excise Officer or Police Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector, or any Revenue Officer not below the rank of an Aval Karkun.

14. Timely intimation of arrival of consignment to be given to inspecting and exam- ining officers

The importer or his agent shall give to the inspecting and examining officers named in the pass at least three day's previous intimation of the date and hour when the consignment will be ready for inspection or examination, as the case may be, at the places appointed for the purpose and shown in the pass. On receipt of such intimation, the officer concerned shall proceed himself or depute another officer to proceed to the place appointed for inspection or examination, as the case may be, to inspect or examine the consignment. The inspection and examination shall be made in accordance with the procedure prescribed in rule 15 and 16 respectively.

15. Inspection consignment en route

On arrival of the consignment at the appointed place of inspection, the importer shall produce Part IV of the pass and the certificate to the Inspecting Officer named in the pass. The Inspecting Officer shall compare the numbers, marks and other particulars on each receptacle or package forming part of the consignment with those shown in the certificate issued by the Excise Officer at the exporting place, and in the Railway receipt in the case of consignments sent by rail, and satisfy himself that the seals on such receptacles or packages are intact and that they have not been tampered with in transit. If on inspection, any receptacle or package is found to have been tampered with, or otherwise damaged, the inspecting officer shall ask the importer to get it securely packed in his presence and after this has been done, the inspecting officer shall reseal such receptacle or package with his own seal and allow the consignment to proceed, after making necessary remarks on the pass and the certificate and noting thereon the impression of the seal with which such receptacle or package has been re-sealed by him. He shall then hand over to the importer Part IV of the pass and the certificate.

16. Examination of the consignments at the place of import

1. The importer shall on arrival of the consignment at the place appointed for its examination and shown in the pass produce Part IV of the pass and the certificate before the Examining Officer named in the pass. The Examining Officer shall examine the consignment and satisfy himself that—

   1. the numbers, marks and other particulars shown on each receptacle or package forming part of the consignment tally with those shown in the certificate issued by the Excise Officer at the exporting place and the note made by the Inspecting Officer;

   2. the seals on each such receptacle or package are intact and that they have not been tampered with in transit;

   3. the quantity contained in each receptacle or package as gauged by him tallies with that shown in the aforesaid certificate and the note made by the Inspecting Officer;

   4. the number of bottles contained in the receptacles or packages is correct and that they are intact; and

   5. except in cases in which liquor is being imported in bond or on which no duty is leviable under the Act in the foreign liquor imported and the fees thereon prescribed under the Bombay Foreign Liquor and Rectified Spirit (Transport Fees) Rules, 1954, have been correctly paid.