The Border Management and Trade Facilitation Bill, 2025

Parliamentary Period: 
Fourth Session of the Thirteenth Assembly

The objects of this Bill are to—

(a) provide for co-ordinated border management and control for the efficient movement and clearance of goods;

(b) give effect to the provisions of agreements relating to one stop border posts;

(c) provide for simplified trading arrangements with adjoining States relating to the movement and clearance of goods;

(d) establish control zones and provide for powers of officers in control zones;

(e) provide for the development, management and maintenance of border

infrastructure;

(f) authorise the application of the laws of the Republic and the laws of an

adjoining State in a one-stop border post;

(g) repeal and replace the Border Management and Trade Facilitation

Act, 2018; and

(h) provide for matters connected with, or incidental to, the foregoing

Bill Stage: 
Presentation
First Reading
Second Reading
Committee Stage
Report Stage
Third Reading
Assent