Clarification regarding legislative changes in the provisions of Section 46 and 47 of the Customs Act, 1962 - Customs - FACILITY NOTICE No. 03/2017

OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (IMPORT) AIR CARGO COMPLEX, SAHAR, ANDHERI MUMBAI - 400099 F. No. EDI-02/2017-CC ACC Date: 11.5.2017 FACILITY NOTICE No. 03/2017 Sub: Clarification regarding legislative changes in the provisions of Section 46 and 47 of the Customs Act, 1962 -Reg. Attention of all the Custom House Brokers, Exporters/ Importers, Trade, Customs Staff and Stakeholders is invited to the Circular No. 12/2017-Cus dated 31.3.2017 and Public Notice No. 11/2017 dated 4.4.2017 concerning changes in the provisions of Section 46 and 47 of the Customs Act, 1962. 2. The trade has represented that as per the abovesaid Circular and Public Notice, they have to approach respective Group and the proper officer for submitting their case for exemption from levy of late filing charges. Consequently, they have to make several applications in various groups for different Bills of Entry for claiming exemption from late filing fine which is causing extreme inconvenience. 3. As a measure of trade facilitation, it has been decided to create a special cell in EDI Section to attend to applications in respect of all the Import Groups for exemption from fine for late filing of a Bill of Entry which shall be dealt with and decided by the proper officer notified vide Notification No.40/2012- Customs (NT) dated 2.5.2012 as amended vide Notification No.25/2017- Customs (NT) dated 31.3.2017. 4. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned at the earliest. This is issued with the approval of Principal Commissioner of Customs (Import). (Dr. Satish Dhavale) Additional Commissioner of Customs EDI Section