General Waiver of Penalty for late filing of Bill of Entry due to non-functioning of E-Sanchit Module on 09th & 10th July, 2019 - Customs - Public Notice No. 14/2019

-110037 C. No. (12) Import/Tech/PN/14/2016-17/Pt II /11582-86 Date: 12.07.2019 Public Notice No. 14/2019 Subject:-General Waiver of Penalty for late filing of Bill of Entry due to non-functioning of E-Sanchit Module on 09th 10th July, 2019- reg. Attention of all Importers, Exporters, Custom Brokers and other members of the Trade is invited to late filing of Bill of Entry due to non-functioning of E-Sanchit Module on 09th 10th July, 2019. 2. As the e-Sanchit Portal for uploading supporting documents was very slow in generating the Image Reference Number (IRN) and sometimes the number was not generated on 09.07.2019 and 10.07.2019, the trade faced difficulty in filling the Bills of Entry within the time period stipulated under Section 46 of the Customs Act, 1962 and Regulation 4(1) of the Bill of Entry (Forms) Regulations, 2018, 3. As a measure of trade facilitation, it has been decided that for the consignments where IGM was filed on 08.07.2019 to 09.07.2019 and Bill of Entry dates between 08.07.2019 and 10.07.2019, there will be no charge on late presentation of Bill of Entry. In all such, waiver of late filing charges pertaining to the above said period would be dealt directly by the respective Dy./Asstt. Commissioners of the Group. 4. In case of any further delay in generation of Bill of Entry after 10.07.2019, the Customs Brokers or the Importer is requested to submit evidence like Job No., Screen Shots of the Job No. from ICEGATE/Message received in ICEGATE, to show that efforts were made for submitting a job in ICEGATE for filing Bill of Entry but no positive acknowledgement was received from ICES. All such cases of waiver of late filing charges pertaining to a Bill of Entry filed after 10.07.2019 for entry inward dates 08.07.2019 and 09.07.2019 would be dealt by the respective DC/ AC on merits. 5. Difficulties faced, if any, may be brought to the notice of the undersigned at the earliest. This issues with the approval of the Commissioner. (S. Vijayarani) Joint Commissioner