Amendment in Baggage Rules, 2006

Government of Pakistan
Revenue Division
Federal Board of Revenue

NOTIFICATION
(Customs)

Islamabad, the 15th November, 2022.

S.R.O. 2043 (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 three 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) in rule 7A, for existing sub-rule (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

"(2) Any person travelling abroad (except to Afghanistan) is allowed to take out of Pakistan US Dollar or equivalent thereof in other foreign currencies as per the limits given in Table 'A' below:-

Table-A

Foreign currency cash limits for passengers travelling to Afghanistan will be as per following Table 'B':-

Table-B

(2) after sub-rule (2), amended as aforesaid, the following new sub-rules shall be added, namely:-

"(3) The annual limits for outbound passengers for the respective

countries will be as per Tables 'A' and 'B' for a calendar year starting from the year 2023. However, for calendar year 2022, the existing annual limits in vogue before the issuance of this notification will continue to be effective till December 31, 2022.

(4) Any person taking foreign currency or any other prohibited or restricted item out of Pakistan shall file a declaration in the Form as set out in Appendix-C, before or at the time of departure, electronically in the WeBOC or pass track or manually at the airport.

(5) The incoming passenger when in possession of foreign currency exceeding US $ 10,000 or equivalent, or any other prohibited or restricted item, shall also file a declaration in the Form as set out in Appendix-C."; and

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

"DECLARATION

I declare that the information furnished by me is correct and in the event of its being incorrect, I hold myself liable for such action as deemed fit under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947 and the Customs Act, 1969.

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

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

( Riaz Hussain )
Secretary
(Law & Procedure)