Draft Amendments in Baggage Rules, 2006

Government of Pakistan
Revenue Division
Federal Board of Revenue

Islamabad, the 20th September, 2022.

NOTIFICATION
(Customs)

S.R.O.1751 (I)/2022. - The following draft of certain further amendments in the Baggage Rules, 2006, 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), is hereby published for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby and, as required under sub-section (3A) of section 219 of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969), notice is hereby given that objections or suggestions thereon, if any, may for consideration of the Board be sent within seven days of publication of the draft amendments in the official Gazette. Objections or suggestions 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,-

(1) for rule 7A, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

"7A. Customs Declaration for passenger.- In case of accompanied baggage, the outbound passenger who is in possession of foreign currency exceeding US $ 5,000 or equivalent, any other prohibited or restricted item or any other item requiring declaration before Customs, shall file a declaration in the Form as set out in Appendix-C, before or on departure, electronically in the WeBOC or manually at the airport. Similarly, the incoming passenger who is in possession of foreign currency exceeding US $ 10,000 or equivalent, any other prohibited or restricted item or any other item requiring declaration before Customs, shall file a declaration in the Form as set out in Appendix-C."; and

(2) in Appendix "C", for the declaration, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

"DECLARATION

Signature of the Passenger ........................................"

[C. No.5(7)L&P/2004(Pt)]

(Muhammad Rizwan)
Secretary (Law & Procedure)