Surrender of Registration and Validity of Registration Included in Courier
Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and Processing), Regulations, 2010
[Notification No. 85/2021-Customs (N.T.)
dated 27 October 2021]
10A.
Surrender
of registration
10B. Validity of registration
FORM
K: Application for renewal of
deemed invalidated registration of Authorised Courier under
the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic
Declaration and Processing) Regulations,
2010
G.S.R
. (E). - In exercise
of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 84 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby
makes the following regulations further to
amend the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and
Processing) Regulations,
2010, namely: -
1. Short title and commencement.
- (1) These regulations
may be called the Courier Imports
and Exports (Electronic Declaration
and Processing),
Amendment, Regulations, 2021.
(2) They
shall come into force on the date
of their publication
in the Official
Gazette.
2. In the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic
Declaration and Processing) Regulations,
2010, -
(1) in regulation
10, -
(i) sub-regulations (2), (5) and
(8) shall be omitted;
(ii) in sub regulation (9), the words before the expiry of
the ten years shall be
omitted;
(2) after regulation 10, the following regulations
shall be inserted,
namely: -
10A. Surrender of registration. (1)
An Authorised
Courier may surrender the registration through an application in writing to
the Principal Commissioner of
Customs or Commissioner of Customs who has granted the registration, as the case may be.
(2)
On receipt of the application under sub-regulation (1), the Principal Commissioner of
Customs or Commissioner
of Customs, as the case may be, may revoke the registration
if, -
(a) the Authorised Courier has paid all dues payable to the Central Government
under the Act and
the rules or regulations made thereunder;
and
(b) no proceedings are pending against the Authorised
Courier under the Act or the
rules or regulations made
thereunder.
10B. Validity of registration. (1) A registration shall be valid unless and until
revoked under these regulations.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub regulation (1), where an Authorised
Courier is found to be inactive for a continuous period of
one year, the registration
shall be deemed to be invalid from the first day after expiry of the said period of one
year.
Explanation:.- For the purposes of this regulation
the expression inactive refers to an Authorised Courier who does not transact any business pertaining to Customs
during a period of one year excluding the period for which the registration has been suspended under regulation 13 and the continuous period of one year shall be
computed for the
first time with effect from the date
of coming into force
of the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic
Declaration and Processing), Amendment, Regulations,
2021.
(3) Within a period of ninety days from the first day of deemed invalidation, the
Authorised
Courier may submit an application in Form
K along with fee of
fifteen thousand rupees, to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of
Customs who has granted the registration, as the case may be, for renewal of the registration.
(4)
Subject to regulation 10 and within one
month of receipt of
the application in
Form K along with fee
of fifteen thousand rupees, the Principal Commissioner
of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case
may be, may renew the
registration after
satisfying himself that the performance of the Authorised Courier has been satisfactory with reference to the absence of any complaints of misconduct
including non-compliance
of any of the
obligations specified in regulation 12 and the applicant
is otherwise eligible for grant of registration
under regulation
10.;
(3) after Form J, the following form
shall be inserted,
namely: -
"FORM K
[see regulation 10B] To
The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs,
(Address)
Subject: Application for
renewal of deemed invalidated registration of Authorised Courier under
the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic
Declaration and Processing) Regulations,
2010.
Sir / Madam,
I/We, the undersigned hereby submit the following
details for renewal of registration,
which has been invalidated due to inactivity of more than 1 year, under the Courier Imports
and Exports (Electronic Declaration
and Processing) Regulations,
2010, namely: -
1. Name and complete
address of the Authorised Courier:
2. Name of
Customs airport where
registered:
3. Registration
No. and date:
(Enclose
copy of registration)
4. Date of
deemed invalidation:
5. Quantity and value of goods cleared as Authorised Courier during
validity of registration:
6. Has the applicant paid all dues payable to the Central Government under the provisions
of the Customs Act, rules or regulations
made thereunder?
(Yes/No)
7. Whether bond and security executed under regulation 11 are still valid? (Yes/No)
8. Is there a change in the name and Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) of Proprietor, Partners
of the partnership firm, Directors
of the Company or the persons in
charge in case of
other
category, as the case may be? (Yes/No)
9. If Yes,
details
thereof:
10. Is there any change in any other particular(s) submitted previously with the registration application (Form-I)? (Yes/No)
11. If Yes,
details
thereof:
12. Reason for
renewal:
13. Whether the applicant or any of the persons employed or proposed to be employed by
him have been penalized, convicted or prosecuted under any of the provisions of the
Customs Act,1962 (52 of 1962) or any
other law for the time
being in force? (Yes/No)
14. If Yes,
details
thereof:
15. Declaration:
I am / We are
authorised to make the following declarations,
namely: -
(i) I / We declare that all particulars
given herein are true and
correct.
(ii) I / We hereby affirm that I/we have read the Courier Imports and Exports (Electronic Declaration and
Processing) Regulations,
2010 and agree to abide by them.
(iii) I/We hereby undertake to intimate any change in respect of the information provided in the aforesaid application within
a period of thirty days.
Encl: Copy of
registration
Date: ........................ Place:
....................... ".
Signature and name of the applicant(s)
or authorised
signatory
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