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Completion of Data Entry in DIGIT

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..... , Zonal Units of DRI, Webmaster, CBIC. Madam/ Sir, Subject: Completion of Data Entry in DIGIT-reg. Reference is invited to CBIC Instruction No. 06/2018-Customs dated 02.04.2018 regarding completion of data entry in DIGIT. As per said instructions, all the formations were directed to complete the data entry in DIGIT by 31st March 2018. From 1st April 2018, all the Show Cause Notices (SCNs) and the Order in Original (O-i-O) were also required to be uploaded on DIGIT. 2. DIGIT is India's National Customs Offence Database and serves as the official repository of all cases involving violation of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereinafter also referred as Customs Act), the Narcotic Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter also referre .....

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..... . Arrest under the Customs Act, 1962 or other Act(s); 4. Search under the Customs Act, 1962 or other Act(s); 5. Summons under the Customs Act, 1962 or other Act(s); and 6. Seizure under the Customs Act, 1962 or other Act(s); 4.1 It is clarified that the cases booked by the Customs formation during the course of normal executive work need not be entered in DIGIT. For illustration, routine cases booked by the Customs officers on international airports involving minor violations of Baggage Rules; or the cases booked by Assessment Groups in Sea Ports, Inland Container Depots (ICDs) and the Air Cargo Complexes (which require spot adjudication) and similar cases booked in courier terminals or foreign post offices need not be entered in DIG .....

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..... be uploaded. Note: In the cases involving issue of multiple SCNs, where only some SCNs (like SCN for seizure) are issued, the case will continue to figure under the "pending investigation" category until all the SCNs are uploaded and the "Issue" button is clicked, which will mark completion of investigations. b. Filing of Complaint under NDPS Act - In such cases, on conclusion of investigations, a complaint is filed in the competent court. Once the complaint has been filed, details of the same shall be entered in DIGIT. c. Closure of investigations under the provisions of Section 28(2) of the Customs Act, 1962. d. Closure of investigation under the provision of Section 28(4) of the Customs Act, 1962, where the importer or the expor .....

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..... hin 5 days of detection of the case; b. Details of Arrest - within 3 days of date of arrest; c. Details of Seizure of Goods, documents or things - within 5 days of seizure; d. Uploading of SCN - from the date of issue of SCN till 5th day of the following month; e. Uploading Conclusion of Investigations - from the date of approval of closure/completion of investigations by the competent authority till 5th day of the following month; f. Unloading details of Adjudication - from the date of issue of O-i-O till 5th day of the following month; g. Uploading details of launch of prosecution- from the date of approval of prosecution by the competent authority/ filing of complaint till 5th day of the following month. 7 . Administration o .....

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..... ng to DIGIT, a dedicated email address has been created, viz. [email protected]. As part of initiatives to promote the Digital Governance initiative of the Government of India, all DIGIT-related requests will be handled electronically and may be emailed to the above email ID. In keeping with the Government of India's email policy, only emails sent from official GOV/NIC IDs shall be processed. Further, to enable swift dissemination of DIGIT-related instructions and new features/changes to the application, an NIC mailing list of all DIGIT-Nodal officers has been created, viz. [email protected]. All Customs formations shall designate at least one GOV/NIC email ID from their formation to seek membership of this mailing list. 11 .....

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