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Procedure to issue EDI Port Clearance/Advance Port Clearance – reg.

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..... 3.05.2020 on the subject matter of procedure to issue EDI Port Clearance/Advance Port Clearance - reg. 2. The Port Clearance is granted in terms of Section 42 of the Customs Act, 1962 which inter-alia states that no conveyance to leave without written order of proper officer. In order to obtain the Port Clearance Certificate, the following documents are required to be produced along with application as envisaged in Customs Act, 1962, Customs Preventive Manual and other Allied Acts as amended from time to time: - i. Light House Certificate ii. NOC from Immigration Department iii. Port Health Certificate iv. Income Tax Certificate v. Load Line Certificate vi. Ship Safety Radio Certificate vii. Ship Safety Equipment Certificate viii. Ship Regi .....

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..... l v. Load Line Certificate vi. Ship Safety Radio Certificate vii. Ship Safety Equipment Certificate The Certificate/Documents not submitted at the time of advance Port Clearance are to be submitted within seven days from the sailing of the vessel by the Shipping Line/Streamer Agents for closure of Port Clearance Application. 5. The Shipping Lines/Steamer Agents are required to undertake that the vessel will be neither carrying any dangerous drugs nor any consignments of Arms and Ammunition, fissionable material like Uranium, Plutonium, thorium etc. in the same bottom. 6. Advance Port Clearance once issued shall be valid for 03 days and same can be extended 03 times for three days each and the application for extension has to be submitted. 7 .....

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..... , JNCH, Nhava Sheva, on any working days for enabling them to be on-board the on-line portal. Thereafter, the User ID and Password to access online platform to eligible applicants will be communicated through their registered email IDs within same day by 1700 hrs. 10. The User Manual for applying on-line Port Clearance Certificate Application including editing/amendment/extension/closure is attached as Annexure B . 11. On receipt of the application for Port Clearance Certificate through online portal, the officer at Level 1 (Administrative Officer/Superintendent of Customs) will verify the correctness and genuineness of the documents submitted by Shipping Lines/Steamer Agents. The on-line application will be processed (on-line) as under: - .....

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..... which will automatically directed to officer at Level 1, and if the documents re-submitted are found satisfactory, the officer at Level 1 will send the application to officer at Level 2 for granting on-line PCC. The officer at Level 2, if satisfied with the completeness of the application, will grant on-line Port Clearance Certificate which can be downloaded by the holder of the User ID through on-line portal. Also, the on-line PCC will be sent to their registered email-ID. (iv). Once the on-line Port Clearance Certificate is granted, the same will be available to the Shipping Lines/Streamer Agents and can be downloaded using their User ID through on-line portal. And, on-line PCC will be available at their registered email ID. The on-line .....

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..... accessible to User ID. The Level 1 officer, after verifying the correctness of documents, will close the request. In case, not satisfied, Level 1 officer can issue Deficiency Memo through on-line portal. After receipt of on-line response from Shipping Lines/ Shipping Agents, Level 1 officer, if satisfied, will finally close the request. 12. Further, as a trade facilitation measure issuance of manual port clearance will continue along with on-line mode till 31.12.2024. The manual process for issuing Port Clearance Certificates will be discontinued on 31.12.2024 (midnight). The manual application, if any, will be considered with the approval of JC/ADC (PG) only under exceptional circumstances. 13. This Public Notice shall come into force with .....

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