General Waiver of Penalty for late filing of Bill of Entry due to non-functioning of ICEGATE System from 15th t018th July, 2019 - Customs - Public Notice No. 16/2019

सीमा शुल्क प्रधान आयुक्त आयात नविन सीमा शुल्क भवन निकट इन्दिरा गांधी अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय हवाई अड्ड़ा नई दिल्ली -110037 C. No. VIII (12) Import/Tech/PN/ 14/2016-17/Pt. II/11908-19 Date: 19.07.2019 Public Notice No. 16/2019 Subject:-General Waiver of Penalty for late filing of Bill of Entry due to non-functioning of ICEGATE System from 15th t018th 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 ICEGATE System for the period from 15th to 18th July, 2019. 2. As the ICEGATE System was non-functioning and was slow in generating the Image Reference Number (IRN) and sometimes the number was not generated from to 18.07.2019, 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 mreasure of trade facilitation, it has been decided that for the consignments where IGM was filed on 15.07.2019 to 18.07.2019 and Bill of Entry dates between 16.07.2019 to 19.07.2019, 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 19.07.2019, 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 19.07.2019 for entry inward dates 15.07.2019 to 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