Procedure for posting of officers on overtime basis - CBEC's Customs Manual 2023 - Customs

3. Procedure for posting of officers on overtime basis: 3.1 The party desirous of availing of the services of officers on overtime basis is required to make prior request for such posting. The Customs scrutinizes the application and ascertains the requirement of the job and calculates the overtime fee on the basis of rates prescribed in the said Regulations. A separate fee will be charged if either the Customs Broker, vessel, party (importer/exporter) changes. Once the party pays the overtime fee, the officers are posted to perform Customs work. 3.2 In case a Customs Broker handles more than one Bill of Entry/Shipping Bill of an importer/exporter, he need not pay separate set of fee for each such document. Similarly, if an exporter or importer has more than one activity to be supervised by Customs during the same block, he need not pay overtime fee for each activity separately. 3.3 In case a custodian requests for services of Customs officers beyond the normal working hour, the same is allowed on payment of merchant overtime fee.