https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=54122 Issuance of Look Out Circulars is centralized: LOC requests for Customs Act contraventions must be routed through DRI (Headquarters) and requests for cognizable offences under the Central Excise Act and service tax provisions through DGCEI. DRI and DGCEI shall maintain and update a reliable real time database of all LOC requests and issuances. An operational exception permits immediate short duration LOCs at airports on specific intelligence. The instruction recalls MHA guidelines that LOCs may be used in cognizable offences where an accused is evading arrest and that searches or interrogations may occur in non cognizable matters without detention. en-us Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 18:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=54122 Issuance of Look Out Circulars is centralized: LOC requests for Customs Act contraventions must be routed through DRI (Headquarters) and requests for cognizable offences under the Central Excise Act and service tax provisions through DGCEI. DRI and DGCEI shall maintain and update a reliable real time database of all LOC requests and issuances. An operational exception permits immediate short duration LOCs at airports on specific intelligence. The instruction recalls MHA guidelines that LOCs may be used in cognizable offences where an accused is evading arrest and that searches or interrogations may occur in non cognizable matters without detention. Circulars Customs Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/circulars?id=54122