Filing of Import Manifest before arrival of the vessel or aircraft - reg

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....004  wherein a  detailed procedure was prescribed for  filing   advance  Import General Manifest (IGM)  under  section 30 of  the Customs Act, 1962. 2. In view  of  the  representations from the  stakeholders as  well as  field  formations,  following amendments have  been made in the procedure for  smooth implementation. (i)  The   Bond  and  Bank Guarantee prescribed in para ( i ) of Circular  No. 110/2003-Cus, dated 22.12.2003  has  been dispensed  with. (ii) Airlines/Steamer Agents/Shipping Lines/Consol Agents ( including 'any other  person' notified  as  per  sect....

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.... (iii) At the  time of  registration, the  requirement stipulated in the para 5 of "FORM V" and "FORM VI" of  the Import Manifest (Aircraft) Regulations ,1976 and  Import Manifest (Vessels) Regulations , 1971 respectively, which requires applicant to submit copy  of contract or MOU or  agreement  entered into  with the foreign authorizing agent, need not be  insisted  upon at this  stage till further  orders. (iv) Access to the system for  filing IGM details will be  allowed after the receipt  of  the  applications in the Annexure "A" by the jurisdictional Commissioner . Because of  paucity of time the verification of  details&nbs....

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....ll have  to be  registered with the  Customs  as  airline agent  and  will be allotted an ad-hoc/temporary Code (accepted  by system), as  per  existing format for  each such flight. (vi) The list of short haul flights  is as  per  the Annexure-I. The IGM details have   to be  filed   in these  cases before  the arrival of  the  aircraft. However, as  a  transitional measure no penalty need  be imposed  under section 30 of  the  Customs  Act, 1962 for  a period  of  three  months i.e , till 31.7.2004, if the IGM details  are filed upto 4 hours of  landing of&nbsp....

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....other  than vessel or  aircraft, the IGM  shall be filed upto 12  hours after the arrival of  the loaded  vehicle at the  Customs station. (xi) The  amendment  of IGM after the  arrival of vessel or  aircraft  would  not  be  treated  as  late  filing . The veracity of   the amendment would  be  examined by the  Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of  Customs  for  the purpose  of  invoking penal provision  under  section section 116 of  Customs  Act, 1962, subject  to clause (ix) above. (xii) Where ICES  system is  not  operational , the  hard copies o....

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....rlines/ Consol Agents/Any other person For official use: Registration Number: Valid up to :Date: Name & Signature of the Customs Officer 1. Category of the Agent                   Consol / Person       CN And Business Code                          Airlines                    AL  Shipping Lines          SL Shipping Agent   ....