Regulation 4 - Time-limit and manner for submission of documents or information for the purpose of finalisation of provisional assessment - Customs (Finalisation of Provisional Assessment) Regulations, 2018

4. Time-limit and manner for submission of documents or information for the purpose of finalisation of provisional assessment. (1) Where a provisional assessment is ordered by the proper officer for the reasons that, - (a) the necessary documents have not been produced or information has not been furnished by the importer or the exporter; or (b) the proper officer requires the importer or the exporter to produce any additional documents or information, then such information or documents shall be made available by the importer or the exporter within one month from the date of such order of provisional assessment or the date of such requisition by the proper officer, as the case may be. (2) The proper officer shall within fifteen days from the date of such order of provisional assessment, inform the importer or the exporter, in writing, the specific details of the information to be furnished or the documents to be produced. (3) The proper officer may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, allow a further period not exceeding three months, on his own or at the request of the importer or the exporter, in case the documents or information are not made available within the time period specified in sub-regulation (1). (4) The Additional Commissioner or Joint Commissioner of Customs, may further extend the time period referred for another three months, in case the documents or the information required to be submitted by the importer or the exporter or requisitioned by the proper officer have not been made available within the period as allowed above by the proper officer. (5) The Commissioner of Customs, may extend the time period further as deemed fit, in case the documents or the information required to be submitted by the importer or the exporter or requisitioned by the proper officer have not been made available even after the extension of time under sub-regulation (4). (6) The documents or information required to be furnished by the importer or the exporter or requisitioned by the proper officer may be submitted in one instance. (7) The importer or the exporter or his authorised representative or Customs Broker shall inform the proper officer in writing that he has submitted all the documents or information to be furnished or requisitioned. (8) For the purpose of these regulations, each Bill of Entry or Shipping Bill, as the case may be, that has been assessed provisionally shall be treated as a separate case of provisional assessment.