RULE 187B. Examination of goods at the place of export

-(1) On arrival at the place of export, the goods shall be presented together with original, duplicate and sixtuplicate copies of the application to the Commissioner of Customs or other duly appointed Officer.

(2) The Commissioner of Customs or other duly appointed officer shall carefully examine the consignments with the particulars as cited in the application and if he finds that the same are correct and exportable in accordance with the laws for the time being in force, shall allow export thereof and certify on copies of the application that the goods have been duly exported citing the shipping bill number and date and other particulars of export:

Provided that if packages containing the consignments were sealed at the place of despatch by the Officer in the manner provided in rule 187, such Commissioner of Customs or other duly appointed officer shall examine and check-weighed the consignment with reference to exportability of such consignments and if they correspond with description given in application and seals are found intact, shall allow export thereof.

(3) The Commissioner of Customs or other duly appointed officer shall return the original and sixtuplicate copies of application to the exporter and forward the duplicate copy of application either by post or by handing over to the exporter in a tamper-proof sealed cover, to the officer specified in the application for removal, from whom exporter wants to claim rebate. The exporter shall use the sixtuplicate copy for the purposes of claiming drawback.