Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025 – Extension of Due Date to 31.03.2026


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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has extended the due date for the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018. This fifth amendment, published on 31st December 2025, pushes the deadline to 31st March 2026. This change affects the entries within the Table after FORM-XII.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF FINANCE 
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE 
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS) 

Notification No. 79/2025-Customs (N.T.) 

New Delhi, dated the 31st December, 2025 

G.S.R. (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157, read with sections 30, 30A, 41, 41A, 53, 54, 56, sub-section (3) of section 98 and sub-section (2) of section 158 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following amendments in the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement -(1) These regulations may be called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

2. In the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018,-
(1) In the TABLE after FORM-XII: 
    i.  against Sr. No. 6, in column (3), for the entry, the entry "31.03.2026" shall be substituted. 

[F. No. 450/58/2015-Cus.-IV(Pt.])]

Note: The principal regulations were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3 Sub-section (i) vide Notification No. 38/2018-Customs (N.T) dated 11th May, 2018 vide number G.S.R. 448(E), dated the 11th May, 2018 and were last amended vide Notification No. 61/2025-Customs (N.T) dated the 30th September, 2025, vide number G.S.R. 727(E), dated the 30th September, 2025. 

FAQ :

The new due date has been extended to 31st March 2026.

The Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 have been amended.

These regulations may be called the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2025.

They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

The amendment is made in the TABLE after FORM-XII, specifically against Sr. No. 6.

 
Notification No : Notification No. 79/2025-Customs (N.T.)
Source : https://taxinformation.cbic.gov.in/view-pdf/1010532/ENG/Notifications



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