Regulation 9 - Grant of licence - Customs House Agents Licensing Regulations, 2004

9. Grant of licence. - (1) The 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] shall on payment of a fee of ₹ 5,000/- grant a licence in Form B [See Customs Series From No. 48 in Part 5] to an applicant who has passed the examination referred to in regulation 8. (2) The Customs House Agents who are granted licences under sub-regulation (1) shall be eligible to work in all Customs Stations within the country subject to intimation in Form C [See Customs Series Form No. 49 in Part 5] to the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] of the concerned Customs Station where he intends to transact business. No separate licence shall be required in places where in addition to a Customs House handling imports by sea, there is also an International airport to handle imports by air, even if under the jurisdiction of a different 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be]. (3) The 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] may reject an application for the grant of licence to act as Customs House Agent if the applicant is [convicted of] fraud or forgery, or any criminal proceedings are pending before any court of law against him or he has been convicted in any court of law. (4) Any applicant aggrieved by the order of the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] passed under sub-regulation (3) may appeal to the 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs or Chief Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] or 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner as the case may be] of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, within a period of thirty days from the communication of such order. (5) The 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs or Chief Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] or the 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner as the case may be] of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, may, on his own motion or otherwise, call for and examine the records of any proceedings in which the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] has passed the order under sub-regulation (3) for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality, propriety or correctness of such order and may pass such other orders as he may deem fit. No order under this sub-regulation shall be made so as to prejudicially affect any person unless such person is given reasonable opportunity for making a representation and being heard in his defense, if he so desires. (6) No order shall be made under sub-regulation (5) in relation to an order passed by 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] under sub-regulation (3) or sub-regulation (1), as the case may be, after the expiry of one year from the date on which such order was passed by the 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be]. [(6A.) An appeal filed by an applicant under sub-regulation (4) shall be decided by the 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs or Chief Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be] or the 1 [Principal Chief Commissioner or Chief Commissioner as the case may be] of Customs and Central Excise, as the case may be, with in a period of one year from the date on which such appeal is filed.] ---------------- Notes:- 1. Substituted vide Not. 56/2014 - Dated 6-8-2014