PASSENGER"S BAGGAGE (LEVY OF FEES) REGULATIONS, 1966
1. Short title. — These regulations may be called the Passenger"s Baggage
(Levy of Fees) Regulations, 1966.
2. Extent of application. — These regulations shall apply to baggage
including any package comprised therein, detained or seized from passengers or
taken over as unclaimed, and subsequently released or returned.
3. Levy of fees. — In respect of any such baggage or any package
comprised therein, a fee of such amount as the Commissioner of Customs may fix
shall be levied and collected at the time the baggage or package is released or
returned, having regard to-
- the nature of the articles contained in the baggage or package;
- the charges incurred in the transportation of the baggage or package from the
landing place to the place of storage including the porterage charges; and
- any other expenditure incurred for services rendered:
Provided that no fee shall be levied in respect of any baggage or package detained
by the customs authorities but released to the passenger on the ground that it has
been in his bonafide use.