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(ii) A public bonded warehouse is strictly for the warehousing of goods belonging to
third parties. The applicant seeking a licence for a public bonded warehouse shall
declare that the goods imported by the him shall not be stored in the public
warehouse for which the application has been made.

(iii) An applicant shall be eligible to obtain separate licences for a private warehouse for
storage of the goods imported by him. There will be no bar in a single site being
securely partitioned and distinctly marked on a ground plan, for being licenced
separately as public and private bonded warehouses.

(iv) The application for is not be used by existing warehousing licencees for purposes of
transitional provisions provided in the respective Warehouse Licencing Regulations,
2016.

(v) The applicant may fill up the form as a type word document.
(vi) The applicant is required to fill up part I and II only in the application form. Part III
and IV are for Official Use.
Q-924: Explain the warehousing of consignments where litigation is pending
A-924: The consignments or cases have been pending for a query reply from the importer
side for more than 2 days, and the Customs may take persuasive action to get the query
replied from importer side and assess the Bills of Entry. Further, importers should be
intimated and advised to exercise the option available under Section 49 of the Customs
Act, 1962 to save demurrage and detention charges in the cases and also in cases where
goods are detained for investigation purpose by any Investigative Agency for more than 2
days.
The persuasive action taken to get the query replied from the importer side and the
legal status of the case if any found has to be recorded online and in the file periodically and
the updated file must be informed by the knowledge of the higher officers of Customs on a
weekly basis.
If the importer approached with any court of law, the present status of the case
should be updated online and in file in consultation with the legal and review branch of
concerned Customs Commissionerates.
Q-925: Explain the conditions for transport of goods under Warehoused Goods (Removal)
Regulations, 2016
A-925: Where the goods are removed from the customs station of import to a warehouse
or from one warehouse to another warehouse or from the warehouse to a Customs station
for export, the transport of the goods shall be under one-timelock, affixed by the proper
officer or the licensee or the bond officer, as the case may be.
The Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case
may be, may have regard to the nature of goods or manner of transport, permit transport of
the goods without affixing the one-time-lock.
Q-926: Explain the conditions for transport of warehoused goods in the same town
A-926: Where the goods are to be removed from one warehouse to another in the same
town, the proper officer may require that the transport of the goods between the two

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