Virtual personal hearings via video conferencing authorized for Customs proceedings, requiring consent, electronic notice and certified record. Personal hearings under the Customs Act, 1962 may be conducted by video conferencing with party consent, advance electronic notice containing a secure link and officer-in-charge details, and submission of scanned vakalatnama/ID by representatives. Oral submissions will be reduced to a 'record of personal hearing' sent in PDF within one day; parties may sign and return modifications within three days or be deemed to agree. Electronic records are deemed documents under section 138C of the Customs Act read with the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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Virtual personal hearings via video conferencing authorized for Customs proceedings, requiring consent, electronic notice and certified record.
Personal hearings under the Customs Act, 1962 may be conducted by video conferencing with party consent, advance electronic notice containing a secure link and officer-in-charge details, and submission of scanned vakalatnama/ID by representatives. Oral submissions will be reduced to a "record of personal hearing" sent in PDF within one day; parties may sign and return modifications within three days or be deemed to agree. Electronic records are deemed documents under section 138C of the Customs Act read with the Information Technology Act, 2000.
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