CBEC
Order CCTV in Customs Area for Security and Unauthorize Access
[CBEC Circular No. 03 dated 1st January 2013]
Subject: Installation of Close Circuit Television Systems (CCTV).
Attention is
invited to para 5(1)(i)(n) of the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas
Regulations, 2009' which stipulates that Customs Cargo Service provider (CCSP)
or the applicant shall provide security and access control to prohibit
unauthorized access to the premises.
2. Security of imported and export goods in
Customs area is of utmost importance and any unauthorized access / entry should
be prohibited at any cost. One methodology is to use Video Cameras and CCTVs
Systems. CVC has also emphasized the utility of Video Cameras and CCTVs Systems
from the view point of preventive vigilance. It has however been noticed that
Video Cameras and CCTVs Systems are not installed by many Custodians / CCSPs.
3. Accordingly, Board has decided that
Commissioner of Customs, at the time of notification / Order under Section 8 of the Customs
Act, 1962 for specifying Customs area for loading and unloading of imported
or export goods and appointment of Custodian under Section 45 of the Customs Act, 1962, should ensure that Video Cameras and CCTVs
Systems are installed in the Customs area for security and to prohibit
unauthorized access to the premises. The video footage should be available to
Customs, which shall regularly monitor the same. This should be ensured by the
Custodians / CCSPs within one month of issue of this Circular.
4. The above instructions may be brought to the
notice of all the concerned immediately through appropriate Public Notice /
Standing orders.
F.
No.450/13/2012-Dir (Cus)