Customs Act : Amendment of documents. Indian Bare Acts :

Customs Act,1962

Act No : 52

Section : Amendment of documents.

149. Amendment of documents. Save as otherwise provided in sections 30 and 41, the proper officer may, in his discretion, authorise any document, after it has been presented in the customs house to be amended: Provided that no amendment of a bill of entry or a shipping bill or bill of export shall be so authorised to be amended after the im- ported goods have been cleared for home consumption or deposited in a warehouse, or the export goods have been exported, except on the basis of documentary evidence which was in existence at the time the goods were cleared, deposited or exported, as the case may be.