What changed in the Customs Act, 1969 on 2019-06-30

Between the version published 2019-06-30 and the one published 2019-06-30, 304 sections appeared for the first time.

Reading this in plain terms: a section appearing for the first time usually means Parliament inserted a new provision. A section disappearing usually means it was omitted. Neither is certain from the text alone, so treat this as a guide to what to check rather than as proof.

New in this version

• section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
• section 2: Definitions
• section 3: Appointment of officers of customs
• section 3A: Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation, Customs
• section 3AA: Directorate General of Transit Trade
• section 3AAA: Directorate General of China Pakistan Economic Corridor
• section 3B: Directorate General of Internal Audit
• section 3BB: Directorate General of Reform and Automation
• section 3BBB: Directorate General of Risk Management
• section 3C: Directorate General of Training and Research
• section 3CC: Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement
• section 3D: Directorate General of Valuation
• section 3DD: Directorate General of Post Clearance audit (PCA)
• section 3DDD: Directorate General of Input Output Co-efficient Organization
• section 3E: Powers and functioning of the Directorates General and Directorates, etc
• section 4: Powers and duties of officers of customs
• section 5: “Delegation of powers
• section 6: Entrustment of functions of customs officers to certain other officers
• section 7: Assistance to the officers of customs
• section 8: Exemption from service on jury or inquest or as assessors
• section 8A: Uniform
• section 9: Declaration of customs-ports, customs airports, etc
• section 10: Power to approve landing places and specify limits of customs-stations
• section 11: Power to declare warehousing stations
• section 12: Power to appoint or license public warehouses
• section 13: Power to license private warehouses
• section 14: Stations for officers of customs to board and land
• section 15: Prohibitions
• section 16: Power to prohibit or restrict importation and exportation of goods
• section 17: Detention, seizure and confiscation of goods imported in violation of section 15 or section 16
• and 274 more

How to check this yourself

Open the 2019-06-30 version in full and compare against the earlier one. Both carry a link to their official FBR PDF and a SHA-256 checksum, so you can verify either against the source.

This is information, not legal or tax advice.