CBIC Notifies Proper Officer for Implementation of PNR Regulations under Sections 30A and 41A of Customs Act

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has designated the Principal Additional Director General or Additional Director General of the National Customs Targeting Centre–Passenger (NCTC-Pax) under the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM) as a Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs with jurisdiction across India.

This officer is empowered to receive and process Passenger Name Record (PNR) information under the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022, and is notified as the proper officer for Sections 30A and 41A of the Customs Act, 1962.

The notification takes effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

[Notification No.62/2025-Customs (N.T)] dated 1 October, 2025

Notification of Proper officer for Sections 30A and 41A of the Customs Act, 1962 with respect to Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022

S.O… (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3, sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-sections (1), (4) and (5) of section 5 read with sub-section (34) of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby -

(a) appoints the Principal Additional Director General or the Additional Director General of the National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger (NCTC-Pax) of the Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management (DGARM) (hereinafter referred as said officer), to be an officer of customs as Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, and invest them with all the powers of Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, with the jurisdiction exercisable over the whole of India, for the purpose of receiving and processing the passenger name record information under the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations , 2022; and

(b) assigns the said officer to perform the functions specified in sections 30A and 41A of the said Act, as the proper officer.

2. This notification shall come in force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.