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Section 149: Amendment of documents

The Customs Act, 1962*Union territory Act of Chandigarh · Act 52 of 1962

Save as otherwise provided in sections 30 and 41, the proper officer may, in his discretion, authorise any document, after it has been presented in the custom house to be amended:

Provided that no amendment of a bill of entry or a shipping bill or bill of export shall be so authorised to be amended after the imported goods have been cleared for home consumption or deposited in a warehouse, or the export goods have been exported, except on the basis of documentary evidence which was in existence at the time the goods were cleared, deposited or exported, as the case may be.

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ActThe Customs Act, 1962*
Section149
Marginal noteAmendment of documents
JurisdictionUnion territory of Chandigarh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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