Rule 7 - Preliminary examination by Screening Committee - Customs (Assistance in Value Declaration of Identified Imported Goods) Rules, 2023

7. Preliminary examination by Screening Committee. - (1) The Screening Committee shall make a preliminary examination of the written reference forwarded by the Board under sub-rule (3) of rule 6, in order to decide whether it, or part thereof, is a case to be taken up for detailed examination. (2) For the purposes of preliminary examination, the contents and accompanying information with the written reference shall be scrutinized and material aspects taken into account along with the relevant trends of declared values or any other relevant criteria. (3) The preliminary examination and recording of preliminary findings, of the Screening Committee shall be signed by each member of the Screening Committee and shall be completed preferably within fifteen days, but no later than twenty-one days from the date of forwarding of written reference by the Board. (4) Where on the basis of preliminary findings, the written reference has been found suitable for detailed examination, the reference, or part thereof, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been taken up for detailed examination on the date the preliminary findings were recorded. (5) Where on the basis of preliminary findings recorded by the Screening Committee the written reference is not found suitable for detailed examination, the Screening Committee shall record the reasons thereof and close the said reference.