Shipping Bill (Electronic Declaration) Regulations,
2011
Notification No. 80/2011 – Cus
(N.T.), Dated the 25.11. 2011
In exercise of the powers conferred by
section 157 read with section 50 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central
Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following regulations, namely:-
1. Short title, extent and
commencement.
– (1) These regulations may be called the Shipping
Bill (Electronic Declaration) Regulations, 2011.
(2) They
shall apply to export of goods from all customs stations where the Indian
Customs Electronic Data Interchange System is in operation.
(3) They
shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions. - In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires, -
(a) "authorised
person" means an exporter or a person holding a valid licence under the
Custom House Agents Licensing Regulations, 2004 and authorised by such
exporter;
(b) “annexure” means
annexure to these regulations;
(c) "electronic
declaration" means particulars relating to the export goods entered in the
Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System;
(d) “ICEGATE” means Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange Gateway, an e-commerce portal of the Central Board of
Excise and Customs;
(e) "service
centre" means the place specified by the Commissioner of Customs where the
data entry for an electronic declaration, is carried out;
(f) “shipping bill ” means
an electronic declaration accepted and assigned a unique number by the Indian
Customs Electronic Data Interchange System, and
includes its print-outs;
(g) words and
expressions used and not defined herein
but defined in the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) shall have the same meaning
as assigned to them in the said Act.
3. The
authorised person may enter the electronic declaration in the Indian Customs
Electronic Data Interchange System by himself through ICEGATE or by way of data
entry through the service centre by furnishing the particulars, in the format
set out in Annexure.
4. The shipping bill shall be deemed to have
been filed and where applicable self assessment of duty completed when, after
entry of the electronic declaration in the Indian Customs Electronic Data
Interchange System either through ICEGATE or by way of data entry through the
service centre, a number is generated by the Indian Customs Electronic Data
Interchange System for the said declaration.
5. The
checklist together with the supporting export documents and challan
evidencing payment of duty and/or cess, if any, shall
be presented to the proper officer of customs for making an order permitting
clearance, for loading of goods for exportation, after examination of the
export goods if so required.
6. After
making an order under regulation 5, the proper officer shall generate the
original (customs copy), exporter’s copy, exchange control copy and the export
promotion copy of shipping bills.
7. The
original (customs copy) of the shipping bill and the checklist shall be
retained by the proper officer. The exporter’s copy exchange
control copy and the export promotion copy of shipping bill shall after
suitable endorsements be handed over to the authorised person.
Transference copies of shipping bill shall be generated wherever
necessary.
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