7. Appointment of customs ports, airports, etc.—4
[(1)] The 5
[Board] may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint—
(a) the ports and airports which alone shall be customs ports or customs airports for the unloading
of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods;
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[(aa) the places which alone shall be inland 7
[container depots or air freight stations] for the
unloading of imported goods and the loading of export goods or any class of such goods;]
(b) the places which alone shall be land customs stations for the clearance of goods imported or to
be exported by land or inland water or any class of such goods;
(c) the routes by which alone goods or any class of goods specified in the notification may pass
by land or inland water into or out of India, or to or from any land customs station from or to any
land frontier;
(d) the ports which alone shall be coastal ports for the carrying on of trade in coastal goods or any
class of such goods with all or any specified ports in India.
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[(e) the post offices which alone shall be foreign post offices for the clearance of imported goods
goods or export goods or any class of such goods;
(f) the places which alone shall be international courier terminals for the clearance of imported
goods or export goods or any class of such goods.]
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[(2) Every notification issued under this section and in force immediately before the commencement
of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003) shall, on such commencement, be deemed to have been issued
under the provisions of this section as amended by section 105 of the Finance Act, 2003 and shall
continue to have the same force and effect after such commencement until it is amended, rescinded or
superseded under the provisions of this section.]
1. Subs. by Act 44 of 1980, s. 50 and the Fifth Schedule for, ―an Appellate Collector of Customs‖ (w.e.f. 11-10-1982).
2. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 50, for ―Collector (Appeals)‖ (w.e.f. 26-5-1995).
3. Subs. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 117, for the chapter heading (w.e.f. 14-5-2016).
4. Section 7 numbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 32 of 2003, s. 105 (w.e.f. 14-5-2003).
5. Subs. by s. 105, ibid., for ―Central Government‖ (w.e.f. 14-5-2003).
6. Ins. by Act 11 of 1983, s. 47 (w.e.f.13-5-1983).
7. Subs. by Act 23 of 2012, s. 121, for ―container depots‖ (w.e.f. 28-5-2012).
8. Ins. by Act 7 of 2017, s. 90 (w.e.f. 31-3-2017).
9. Ins. by Act 32 of 2003, s. 105 (w.e.f. 14-5-2003).
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8. Power to approve landing places and specify limits of customs area.—The 1
[Principal
Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs] may,—
(a) approve proper places in any customs port or customs airport or coastal port for the unloading
and loading of goods or for any class of goods;
(b) specify the limits of any customs area.
9. [Powers to declare places to be warehousing stations].Omitted by The Finance Act, 2016 (28 of
2016), s. 118 (w.e.f. 14-5-2016).
10. Appointment of boarding stations.—The 1
[Principal Commissioner of Customs or
Commissioner of Customs] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, in or near any customs
port, a boarding station for the purpose of boarding of, or disembarkation from, vessels by officers of
customs.