CHAPTER - VI
DRAWBACK
35. Drawback of the export on imported goods.-
Subject to the subsequent provisions of this Chapter and the rules,
when any goods, capable of being easily identified, which have been imported into 1[Bangladesh] and upon which customs-duties have been paid on importation, are exported to any place outside 1[Bangladesh] or as provisions or stores for use on board a conveyance proceeding to a foreign territory, 2[such duties, not exceeding seven-eights thereof] shall be repaid as drawback, subject to the following conditions, namely :-
(1) the goods are identified to the satisfaction of an officer of customs not below the rank of 3[Assistant Commissioner of Customs] at the customs-station, to be the same as had been imported, and
(2) the goods are entered for export within two years of the date of their importation, as shown by the records of the custom-house or if such time is extended by the Board or the 4[Commissioner of Customs] for sufficient cause within such extended time:
Provided that the 4[Commissioner of Customs] shall not extend the time beyond three years of the importation of such goods.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, the goods shall be deemed to have been entered for export on the date on which the bill of export is delivered to the appropriate officer under section 131.
36. Drawback on goods taken into use between importation and exportation.- Notwithstanding anything contended in section 35, the repayment of duty as drawback in respect of goods which have been taken into use between their importation and subsequent exportation shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the rules made in that behalf.
37. Drawback on goods used in the manufacture of goods which are exported.- Where it appears to the Board that in respect of goods of any class or description manufactured in 1[Bangladesh] and exported to any place outside 1[Bangladesh], a drawback of customs-duties should be allowed on any imported goods of a class or description used in the manufacture of such
exported goods, the Board may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that drawback shall be allowed in respect of such imported goods to such extent and subject to such condition as may be provided in the rules.
38. Power to declare what goods are identifiable and to prohibit drawback in case of specified foreign territory.-
(1) The Board may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, declare what goods shall, for the purposes of this Chapter, be deemed to be not capable of being easily identified.
(2) The 1[Government] may, from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, prohibit the payment of drawback upon the exportation of goods or any specified goods or class of goods to any specified foreign port or territory.
39. When no drawback allowed.- Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no drawback shall be allowed-
(a) upon goods which are required to be included in export manifest and are not so included, or
(b) when the claim is for drawback amounting, in respect of any single shipment, to less than hundred 2[Taka], or
(c) unless the claim for drawback has been made and established at the time of export 3[or within six months from the date of export].
40. Time of payment of drawback.- No such payment of drawback shall be made until the vessel carrying the goods has put out to sea or other conveyance has left 4[Bangladesh].
41. Declaration by parties claiming drawback.- Every person, or his duly authorized agent, claiming drawback on any goods duly exported shall make and subscribe a declaration that such goods have been actually exported and have not relanded and are not intended to be relanded at any place in 4[Bangladesh]
and that such person was at the time of entry outwards and export and continues to be entitled to drawback thereon.
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1 Subs. by Act XXII of 1980, s. 11 (1) (a), for "Pakistan" w.e.f. 1st July 1980.
2 Subs. by Act XXI of 1992, s. 6(11), for the words "seven-eights of such duties", w.e.f. 1st July 1992.
3 The words “Assistant Collector of Customs” were subs. by Act 12 of 1995, s. 5 (3), w.e.f. 1st. July 1995.
4 The words “Collector of Customs” were subs. by ibid.
1 Subs. by Act XXII of 1980, s. 11 (1) (b), for "Central Government", w.e.f. 1st July 1980.
2 Subs. by ibid., s. 11 (1) (c), for "Rupees".
3 This words were inserted by Act XXI of 1992, s. 6(12), w.e.f. 1st July, 1992.
4 Subs. by Act XXII of 1980, s. 11 (1) (a), for "Pakistan" w.e.f. 1st July 1980.