Article 1 These Provisions are formulated for the purpose of ensuring the normal development of foreign currency cash receipt and payment business of banks engaged in foreign exchange business and regulating the entry and exit management of foreign currency cash of banks engaged in foreign exchange business and their branches (hereinafter referred to as banks). Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to foreign currency cash (freely convertible currency notes and coins) that banks engaged in foreign exchange business need to transfer from abroad. Article 3 The State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs are the administrative organs for the entry and exit of bank bills. Article 4 Banks shall, in principle, go through foreign currency entry and exit procedures at the ports of Beijing, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. If it needs to be handled at other ports, the head office of the relevant bank shall report to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange for approval and then report to the General Administration of Customs for the record. Foreign-funded banks shall be reported to the General Administration of Customs for the record after being approved by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, and the General Administration of Customs shall notify the relevant port customs to go through the examination and approval procedures. Article 5 The head office of each bank shall submit the list of branches that have the right to handle the business of dispatching foreign currency cash into and out of the country and the samples signed by authorized signatories to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the General Administration of Customs and the customs at the above-mentioned designated foreign currency cash entry and exit ports for the record.

A foreign-funded bank located at the above-mentioned designated port customs shall submit the signature samples of its authorized signatories to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the General Administration of Customs and the local port customs for the record in advance. Article 6 The State Administration of Foreign Exchange is responsible for printing the uniformly numbered Permit for Banks to Carry Foreign Currency Cash into and out of China (hereinafter referred to as the Permit, see attached table 1), and reporting the format of the Permit to the General Administration of Customs for the record. Article 7 The head offices of banks and their authorized branches, and the foreign-funded banks at the designated port customs locations shall obtain the licenses from the local foreign exchange bureaus and fill in all the contents of the licenses as required before dispatching foreign currency cash. When issuing a license, the foreign exchange bureau shall record the name and license number of the licensed bank.

If a bank loses its license, it shall promptly file with the local foreign exchange bureau and the customs at the port of entry and exit of foreign currency cash, and the lost license shall not be used for handling the entry and exit of foreign currency cash.

The bank shall not destroy the license that needs to be invalidated due to wrong filling and other reasons, and shall return it to the foreign exchange bureau in full. Article 8 When a bank handles the import and export business of foreign currency cash, the customs shall verify the identity of the customs declaration personnel with the license and the import and export goods declaration form filled out by the bank, go through the customs clearance procedures, and keep the first copy of the license for future reference. Article 9 Without the approval of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, no other unit may carry foreign currency cash into or out of the country. Article 10 Banks and their authorized branches shall send the license used last month to the local foreign exchange bureau for the record before the 5th of each month. When a bank applies for a new license again, the foreign exchange bureau will issue a new license according to the second copy of the bank license. When necessary, the foreign exchange bureau may check the bank transfer with the port customs. Article 11 The foreign exchange bureau where the relevant port customs are located shall submit to the State Administration of Foreign Exchange the entry and exit statistics of foreign currency cash transferred by banks within its jurisdiction in the previous year before June 65438+1October 3 1 every year (Table 2). Twelfth in violation of these provisions, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange or the General Administration of Customs will be punished according to the relevant laws and regulations of the state; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law. Article 13 The State Administration of Foreign Exchange and the General Administration of Customs shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Provisions. Article 14 These Provisions shall come into force on 1 February, 9991day.

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