Section 40B
Prohibition of carriage of dutiable goods in local craft
ActIn forceProvision 68 of 190
Section 40B
(1)
No goods of a class dutiable on import shall be carried in any local craft except with the permission of the Director General and subject to such conditions as the Director General may impose.
(2)
Such permission may be granted either generally, by notification in the Gazette, in respect of all local craft or any class or classes of local craft, or specially, in writing under the hand of the
Director General or an officer authorized by him in that behalf, in respect of a particular local craft.
(3)
No vessel shall go alongside a legal landing place or alongside an ocean going vessel except with the permission of the proper officer.