Issue of Custom House Agent Licence – Board clarifies
Board has clarified that:-
1. Regulation 4 of CHALR, 2004, provides the process of issue of CHA licences in detail and is a continuous step-by-step process. The regulations do not provide for a split up process of grant of CHA license by first inviting through Public Notice for appearance in the examination and subsequently, a separate notice for grant of CHA license to those qualified in examination. All Commissioners of Customs shall issue only a single Public Notice inviting applications for grant of CHA licenses which shall provide details regarding examination, conditions etc. as detailed in Regulation 4 to 8 of the CHALR, 2004.
2. Concerned(?) Commissioners of Customs shall issue CHA licences to all those applicants who had passed the Regulation 9 examination conducted under CHALR, 2004, subject to their fulfilment of the requisite conditions as mentioned in CHALR, 2004.
Board desires that the Commissioners of Customs shall clear up backlog of pending requests by various applicants who had qualified as per CHALR, 2004, for issue of licenses which have been held up by various Customs Commissionerates within a month and send a compliance report to the Board.
Can the Board inform the public, how many Commissioners have submitted their compliance reports?
Why should we have the Custom House Agents at all? Are the Customs procedures so complicated that nobody can a file a Bill Of Entry without the help of a CHA?
CBEC F. No. Dated: 31st October, 2007.