Imp. Supp. No. :187
Exp. Supp. No.: 118
PUBLIC NOTICE NO.14/2000 Date:02-02-2000
Revised procedure to be followed in processing the Bills of Entry in New Custom House- reg.
All the Importers, Exporters, Steamer Agents, Customs House Agents and all other concerned are hereby informed that there are already instructions regarding the time frame wherein the Bills of Entry is to be passed/completed in the Customs House. However, to further strengthen the system, to inject greater transperancy and to further improve trade facilitation the following time frame is prescribed of the Bill of Entry in the Custom House which shall be strictly observed.
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S.NO. | SECTION | TIME PRESCRIBED |
| 1 | Import Noting | Six Hours |
| 2 | Distribution Clerk of concerned Group | One Hour |
| 3 | Scrutiny/assessment of Bill of Entry by Appraiser |
Normally all the Bs/E received in the forenoon session should be assessed the same day and if received in the afternoon, it should be assessed by the next day forenoon |
| 4 | Concurrent Audit-By Appraiser/A.C. Audit | Two Hours from the time of receipt |
| 5 | D.C./A.C. incharge of Groups | One Hour from the time of receipt |
| 6 | A.O. for giving examination orders | Thirty minuts |
| 7 | Group Clerk for putting the stamp of date of completion of B/E for interest purpose and delivery of completed B/E to CHA/Importer. | Thirty minuts |
| 8 | Licence Section for debit of licence if any | One Hour |
| 9 | Comptist | One Hour |
| 10 | Pin point typewriting assessed duty amount on the B/E | One Hours |
| 11 | Duty payment in Cash Section & detachment of original copy of B/E and Import documents and returning other copies of B/E to the CHA | Two Hours. |
2. In this revised procedure, the B/E, alongwith its related documents, shall not be allowed to be handled by the CHA/trade representative/Importer from the stage of completion of noting of Bs/E to the stage of delivery of the competed B/E to the CHAs/Importer i.e. between Stage 1 & 7 of the aforesaid table. If any CHA/Importer is found to be handling the B/E., during these stages of processing, it will be viewed adversely and strict action shall be taken against the concerned group officer and CHA/Impoter.
3. The Import Department will, after the completion of the noting of B/E, shall arrange for transmission and distribution of B/E to the different group clerks on hourly basis through the Import Dept. sepoy. The Group clerk will give the receipt of B/E in the group showing the time of receipt for each B/E. and same will be noted down in the B/E register maintained in the group.
4. Each group will nominate a sepoy, attached to that group, who will carry the Bs/E under process in the groups from Stage No. 1 to 7. He will be responsible for the safe transmission and carrying the B/E alongwith the related papers to the various officers of Group and Audit.
5(A) In case of first check examination, the order will be given by the Group Appraiser which will be countersigned by the Group A.C./D.C. Thereafter, the B/E shall be given to the Group clerk who will hand over the B/E. to CHA/Importer under date/time receipt.
After the first check, the B/E and sample, if any, will be resubmitted to the Group clerk by the CHA/Importer.
5(B) The completed B/E shall be delivered to the Importer/CHA only by the B/E clerk of the group, at Stage No. 7.
6.Each and every officer, including the ministerial staff, Appraiser, Auditor A.C./Audit, D.C./A.C. incharge of Groups and all other staff, while putting the signature on the B/E, shall clearly state the date and time of their signature on each and every B/E. The movement sheet, enclosed with each B/E, shall be continued to be filled invariably mentioning the date and time of signature.
7.Every query memo shall contain all the requirements/deficiencies/objections required to be completed by the Importer/CHA. Piecemeal queries/objections should be avoided. The query memo should be signed by the Appraiser and the A.C./D.C. who will also mention the time and date of signing the query memo. B/E should not be returned to the Importer/CHA alongwith query memo and rather kept in the custody of concerned Appraiser pending reply to the query memo/objection. However, B/E could be given if any ammendment is warranted and that be recorded in the query memo itself. If the Appraiser/A.C./D.C. requires some explanation in person, not more than two persons from the Importer/CHA side would be allowed to discuss.
8.If for any unavoidable reason, the above time frame could not be adhered to, the concerned Group A.C./D.C. will report to the concerned Addl./Jt. Commissioners stating the reasons thereof.
1. The Group clerk shall submit the daily reconciliation statement showing the no. of Bs/E received in the groups no. of assessed Bs/E; no. of Bs/E delivered to Importer/CHA and no. of undelivered Bs/E to the concerned group A.C./D.C. Assessed, but undelivered Bs/E should be kept in the custody of the Group clerk. The group clerk should invariably sign the B/E while delivering it to the Importer/CHA stating the date and time of delivery.
2. This revised procedure will be applicable for Bs/E processed on manual mode.
3. All the Public Notices issued in this regard, not conforming to this, stands modified to that extent.
4. All the members of trade is requested to follow the procedure of this Public Notice correctly and co-operate.
Sd/-
(K.P. SINGH)
COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS(IMPORT)
MUMBAI.
Attested
Sd/-
(SHRIKANT PATIL)
DY. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS
MUMBAI.
Issued from F.No. S/26-262/99A(G)
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