Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018

Regulation 3. Registration

(1) Any person who is required to deliver arrival manifest or departure manifest shall apply to the jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs for registration in the Form- I.
¹[Provided that the postal authority shall not be required to apply for the registration in case such authority intimates to the jurisdictional Commissioner of customs in writing, to transact business under these regulations.]

¹[(1A) Any other person notified by the Central Government for the purposes of filing arrival or departure manifest, shall be required to enter into a bond of rupees ²[five lakhs] ^[helldodold[ten lakh]^helldod] in Form- XI and furnish a bank guarantee, or a postal security or National Saving Certificate or a fixed deposit receipt issued by a Nationalised bank, in the name of the Commissioner of Customs, for an amount of rupees ²[five lakhs] ^[helldodold[ten lakh]^helldod] alongwith Form-I:

Provided that any ²[Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) and Customs Broker licensed under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018] ^[helldodold[Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)]^helldod] shall not be required to furnish a bank guarantee, or a postal security or National Saving Certificate or a fixed deposit receipt issued by a Nationalised bank for an amount of ten lakh rupees]

³[(2) Where the Jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs is satisfied with the information provided by the applicant in the Form-I, he shall register such applicant for transacting business under these regulations]

^[helldodold[(2) Where the jurisdictional Commissioner of customs is satisfied with the information provided by the applicant in the Form-I, he shall register such applicant for transacting business under these regulations for a period of three years from the date of issue of such registration.]^helldod]

(3) An authorised carrier registered under these regulations at any customs station, shall be deemed to be registered for other customs stations also, for the purpose of transacting business under these regulations.

³[(4) The registration shall be valid unless and until revoked in terms of the provisions under regulation 3A or regulation 11:

Provided that the registration of the authorised carrier shall be deemed invalid if the authorised carrier is found to be inactive for a period of one year.

Explanation.- The term ‘inactive’ refers to an authorised carrier who does not transact any business pertaining to Customs during a period of one year, excluding the period for which registration has been suspended under regulation 11.”;]

^[helldodold[(4) The jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs shall review the registration before the expiry of the initial period of registration of three years and may extend such registration to a further period of five years at a time and in case of an authorised economic operator for a period of ten years.]^helldod]

⁴[(5) Subject to the provisions of sub- regulation (1A), the Jurisdictional Commissioner of Customs may, on an application made by the authorised carrier in Form IA, after the registration has been deemed invalid under sub regulation (4), renew the registration from the date of expiration, after satisfying himself that the applicant is otherwise eligible for registration under this regulation within one month of the date of receipt of the application]

1. Inserted vide:- Notification No. 54/2019-Customs (N.T.) Dated 01/08/2019

2. Substituted vide:-Notification No. 94/2020-Customs (N.T.) Dated 30/09/2020

3. Substituted vide:-Notification No. 61/2021-Customs (N.T.) Dated 23/07/2021

4. Inserted vide:-Notification No. 61/2021-Customs (N.T.) Dated 23/07/2021