Section 42: Arrival of conveyance

42. Arrival of conveyance.- (1) The person-in-charge of a conveyance entering Pakistan from any place outside Pakistan shall not cause or permit the conveyance to call or to land in the first instance at any place other than a customs-station. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply in relation to any conveyance which is compelled by accident, stress of weather or other unavoidable cause to call, or land at a place other than a customs-station but the person-in-charge of any such conveyance- (a) shall immediately report its arrival to the nearest officer of customs or the officer-in-charge of the police-station and shall on demand produce before him either the cargo book or the manifest or the log-book belonging to such conveyance; (b) shall not, without the consent of any such officer, permit any goods carried in the conveyance to be unloaded from, or any of the crew or passengers to depart from its vicinity; (c) shall comply with any direction given by such officer with respect ot any such goods; and no passenger or member of the crew shall, without the consent of any such officer, leave the vicinity of the conveyance: Provided that nothing in this section shall prohibit the departure of any passenger or member of the crew from the vicinity of, or the removal of goods from, the conveyance where such departure or removal is necessary for reasons of health, safety or the preservation of life or property 1[ : ] 2[Provided further that the person in charge of a conveyance, that is en route to Pakistan from a point outside Pakistan shall, unless otherwise approved by the Collector,- (a) 17[deliver] to the Customs, in such form and manner (for example, in an electronic form and manner) as may be approved in writing by the Collector (either generally or for a particular case or class of cases), such advance 17[information] as may be prescribed for any or all of the following matters, namely:- (i) the impending arrival of the conveyance; (ii) its voyage; (iii) its 17[passengers and crew manifest]; (iv) its passengers 17[and crew name record information]; (v) its cargo for discharge within Pakistan whether commercial or non-commercial; (vi) its commercial cargo not intended for discharge within Pakistan, if any; (vii) the Customs station at which the conveyance will arrive; and (b) or arriving within Pakistan, proceed directly to that Customs station unless directed elsewhere by an appropriate Customs officer.] 3[(3) The owner or operator of the conveyance, referred to in sub-section (1), or an agent of the owner, may provide the information referred to in paragraph (a) of that sub-section to the Customs on behalf of the person in charge of the conveyance: Provided that the provisions of sub-section (1) and (2) shall apply to,- (a) a conveyance that has arrived in Pakistan from a point outside Pakistan; (b) a conveyance departing from Pakistan for a point outside Pakistan; (c) a conveyance that is within Pakistan and that is carrying international cargo or international crew or any international passenger, whether or not the conveyance is also carrying domestic cargo; (d) any other conveyance that is within Pakistan and that a Customs officer has reasonable cause to suspect has been, or is about to be, involved in the commission of an offence under this Act or the importation or exportation of any dutiable, prohibited, restricted, notified or confiscated goods. (4) The person in charge of, the owner of goods, any member of the crew of, any passenger on, a conveyance to which this sub-section applies, shall,- (a) answer any question asked by a customs officer under this Act relating to the conveyance and its voyage and any persons or goods that are or have been carried by the conveyance; and (b) produce forthwith, at the request of any Customs officer, any documents within that person’s possession or control relating to any of those matter.]

Effective date: 1969-03-03

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