Customs and Excise Act, 1964 (Act No. 91 of 1964)

Customs and Excise Rules

Chapter V : Clearance and Origin of Goods: Liability for and payment of duties

Rules for Section 47 of the Act

47B.09 Passenger manifest

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47B.09Passenger manifest

 

(a)[Rule 47B.09(a) deleted by section 9 of Notice R. 7430, GG54613, dated 8 May 2026 - effective 1 July 2026]

 

(b)A passenger manifest referred to in section 47B(4)(e)(iii) shall be submitted electronically through eFiling or another electronic communicative system administered by SARS, as may be applicable; and be in the format of a Comma Separated Values File or “CSV” file which must consist of the following record types per row:
(i) a header record reflecting the following information:
(aa) The ID type which must be indicated as “H”;
(bb) the information type, which must be indicated as “Manifest”;
(cc) a test indicator which must be indicated as “yes” or “no” (Y/N);
(dd) the APT Reference Number indicated in numeric values;
(ee) the APT return period indicated in numeric values describing century, year and month (CCYYMM);
(ff) the flight number indicated in alphanumeric values;
(gg) the submission date indicated in numeric values describing century, year, month and day (CCYYMMDD)
(hh) the departure airport code indicated in alphanumeric values;
(ii) the airport of arrival code indicated in alphanumeric values;
(jj) the departure date and time indicating century, month, day and time (CCYYMMDD, 00:00); and
(kk) the arrival date and time indicating century, year, month, day and time (CCYYMMDD, 00:00);
(ii) a detail record in relation to air passenger tax reflecting the following information:
(aa) The ID type which must be indicated as “D”;
(bb) in relation to passengers, the following indicated in numeric values:
(A) The total number of passengers boarded;
(B) the number of infants not having a dedicated seat;
(C) the number of international transit passengers;
(D) the number of stretcher extra seats (STCR EXST) for passengers required to lie down for medical reasons;
(E) the number of dutiable passengers;
(F) the number of flight crew members; and
(G) total number of chargeable passengers;
(cc) the air passenger tax rate applicable to chargeable passengers; and
(dd) the total air passenger tax amount payable;
(iii) a detail record summary of all passengers (full PAX list), reflecting the following information:
(aa) The ID type, which must be indicated as “P”;
(bb) in relation to each passenger:
(A) The customer name and surname;
(B) the airport code of the airport departing from;
(C) the airport code of the airport departing to;
(D) the luggage weight;
(E) the seat row and number;
(F) accept YES/NO indicating whether the passenger was checked in; and
(G) whether the passenger is allocated a seat in terms of a codeshare agreement with another airline, formatted as an alphanumeric value showing the flight number of the codeshare partner;
(cc) incarriage from indicating the origin airport from which the passenger began their journey if they are in carriage through multiple segments; and
(dd) Arrival time; and
(iv) a trailer record reflecting—
(aa) the ID type, which must be indicated as “T”; and
(bb) the total number of passengers.

 

(c)[Rule 47B.09(c) deleted by section 9 of Notice R. 7430, GG54613, dated 8 May 2026 - effective 1 July 2026]