F Category written exam of under regulation 6 of CBLR

प्रधान आयुक्त,सीमाशुल्क ) सामान्य (का कायाालय OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (GENERAL), नवीन सीमाशुल्क भवन,बेलार्ा इस्टेट, मुंबई – 400001. NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI – 400 001.

F. No. S/6-88/2018-19 CBS

         Date: 26.09.2018 
                                   
   PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 122/ 2018 

Sub: ‘F’ Category Written Examination under Regulation 6 of CBLR, 2018 to be held on 18.01.2019–reg.

Kind attention is invited to the Notice and corrigendum for Customs Broker Examination issued by the Directorate General of Performance Management, Customs and GST, New Delhi (Annexure I & II). It is hereby notified that the written examination under Regulation 6 of the Customs Broker licensing regulation (CBLR, 2018) which is a pre-requisite for grant of Customs Brokers license will be conducted on 18.01.2019 by this Commissionerate.

2. An individual applicant or in case the applicant is a firm, its partner or in the case of a company, its director or an authorised employee who may handle the Customs work, shall before applying to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, meet the following conditions that:
   (a) he is an Indian Citizen who:
   (b) he is a person of sound mind; (c) he has not been adjudicated as an insolvent; (d) he holds an Aadhaar number; (e) he holds a valid PAN card; (f) has not been penalised for any offence under the Act, the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Finance Act, 1994(32 of 1994), the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017); (g) has neither been convicted by a competent court for an offence nor any criminal proceeding is pending against him in any court of law; (h) the applicant has financial viability as evidenced by a certificate issued by a Scheduled Bank or such other proof acceptable to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, in terms of possession of assets of value of not less than five lakh rupees; Possess any of the following education/ professional qualifications as prescribed under Regulation 5 of CBLR, 2018 is eligible for the said examination:

(i) Graduate from a recognized university and posses a professional degree such as Masters or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance or Management, CA/CS/MBA/LLM/ACMA/FCMA or Diploma in Customs Clearance work from any Institutes or University recognised by the Government or is having at least two years experience in transacting Customs Broker work as G-Card holder;

ii- is a retired Group A officer from the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and GST) having a minimum of five years’ experience in Group 'A' post shall also be eligible to apply for a license to act as a Customs Broker provided he satisfies the conditions specified at 2(a), 2(b), 2(c), 2(d), 2(e) and 2(f) of this public notice.

3- Customs Broker License holders who have been granted permission to operate the license under Regulation 11(3) or 12(2) of CBLR, 2018 may also apply or nominate their employees/ directors/partners possessing the above mentioned qualification to appear for the said written examination.

4- Candidates have the option to answer the question either in Hindi or in English. The date of written examination shall not change even if it is declared a holiday. Syllabus of the examination is given in regulation 6 of CBLR, 2018. For any additional information the CBEC website (WWW.CBIC.GOV.IN) may be referred.

5. As per the regulation, the candidate who successfully passes the written examination shall be called for an oral exam. The applicant shall be required to clear both the written examination as well as corresponding oral examination to qualify for issue of license.

6. An applicant shall be allowed a maximum of six attempts to clear the examination within which he shall pass both written and oral examination and no further extension shall be granted as per the provisions of Regulation 6 (6) of CBLR, 2018.

7. Information regarding final list of eligible candidates, Roll Numbers, seating arrangements and venue for the exam etc., will be uploaded on the Mumbai Customs Zone-I website (www.mumbaicustomszone1.gov.in) as well as on Notice Board of the Customs Broker Section, in due course. The application should be submitted in form ‘A’ given at Annexure III along with two passport size photos (self attested) and attested

documents on citizenship, educational qualification and financial requirement. The list of the said documents is annexed at Annexure -IV

8. The application for the examination should reach this office (Regulation-6 Desk, Customs Broker Section, Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (General), 3rd Floor, Old Building, New Custom House, Mumbai-400001) from 15.10.2018 to 16.11.2018 (both dates including). No applications will be accepted before the starting date of receipt i.e 15.10.2018 and after the expiry of the last date i.e 16.11.2018 (6:00 PM) for submission of applications.

9. Incomplete applications shall be summarily rejected.

10. In case the declarations/Signature made and /or documents furnished are found to be false/incorrect/ forged at any time before or after the said examination or even after the grant of the Customs Broker license, not only the application would be liable to be rejected or license to be cancelled but also an appropriate action proceedings would be initiated against the candidate as per provisions of CBLR, 2018 and any other law for the time being in force.

This issues with the approval of the Pr. Commissioner of Customs (General), Mumbai.

Enclosure: (i) Annexure- I & II (Notice & Corrigendum for Customs Broker Examination by ADG (Admin), DGPM. (ii) Annexure III (Form A) (iii) Annexure-IV (List of documents Required)

  -Sd- 







 (Mahender Kumar) 






   Dy. Commissioner of Customs 

Customs Broker Section

Copy to:

1. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I

2. All Commissioners of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I

3. EDI, NCH for uploading on website of Mumbai Zone-I

4. BCBA

5. Notice Board

FORM - A [see sub-regulation (2) of regulation 4]

Application Form for Grant of Customs Broker’s License under section 146 of the Customs Act, 1962

Name of the applicant :- 2. Full address of the applicant :- 3. Aadhar Number:- 4. Names, Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) and address of each of the partners of the firm or the directors of the company, as the case may be, in case the applicant is a firm or a company :- 5. Name and Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) of its partner/partners or director/directors who will actually be engaged in the work as Customs Broker, in case the applicant is a firm or a company:- 6. Educational qualification of each of the persons, who may be engaged as Customs Broker :- 7. Total number of attempts the applicant has made in the examination referred to in regulation 9 of the Custom House Agents Licensing Regulation, 1984 or regulation 8 of the Custom House Agents Licensing Regulation, 2004 or regulation 6 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2013 or regulation 6 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018:

Declaration : (a) I have working knowledge of English/local language (………)/Hindi. (b) I have not earlier applied for a license to act as Customs Broker and no such application was rejected/accepted. (c) The firm or company by whom the undersigned is employed have earlier held a Customs House Agent or Customs Broker’s License under the Customs House Licensing Regulation, 1984, the Customs House Licensing Regulation, 2004 or the Customs House Licensing Regulation, 2013or these regulations and it was cancelled or suspended/not cancelled or suspended. (d) The undersigned/the person proposed to be employed by me have been/have not been penalised, convicted or prosecuted under any of the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Excise Act 1944 (1 of 1944), and the Finance Act, 1994.

List of documents furnished in accordance with regulation 6 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018:

S. No. Educational Financial 1.

I/We hereby affirm that I/we have read the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and agree to abide by them.

Date :

Signature of applicant

Duly notarized affidavit solemnly affirming that the applicant:
(i)
(a) is a citizen of India
(b) is a person of sound mind
(c) is not adjudicated as an insolvent
(d) has neither been convicted by a competent court for an offence nor any criminal proceeding is pending against him in any court of law
(e) he has not been penalised for any offence under the Act, the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Finance Act, 1994(32 of 1994), the Central Goods and Services Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) and Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) (ii) Two passport size photographs and Self Attested Copy of Aadhar Card/ Passport/ Voter Card.
(iii) Certificate issued by Government Civil Surgeon stating that the applicant is a person of sound mind
(iv) Copies of certificates of Educational Qualifications viz a Graduate from a recognized university and a professional degree such as Masters or equivalent degree in Accounting, Finance or Management, CA/CS/MBA/LLM/ACMA/ FCMA or Diploma in Customs Clearance work from any Institutes or University recognised by the Government or is having at least two years experience in transacting Customs Broker work as G-Card holder issued by this Commissionerate or
(v) is a retired Group ‘A’ Officer from the Indian Customs and GST having a minimum of five years experience in Group A service.
(vi) Certificate issued by the competent authority in respect of retired Group A officers stating that he is having a minimum of five years of experience in Group A services.
(vii) Bank solvency certificate of Rs. 5,00,000/- issued by a Scheduled Bank/Certificate issued by Tehsildar (with proper validity) stating that the applicant is in possession of assets of value not less than Five Lakh Rupees.
(viii) A Declaration regarding earlier attempts made by the candidate for F category examination in any of the Customs Commissionerate in India on Rs.100 Stamp paper NOTE: (i) All the above mentioned documents should be self attested at the time of submission. (ii) All the documents have to be submitted with the application form between 15.10.2018 to 16.11.2018. (iii) Candidates are directed to go through this Public Notice carefully and before submitting the application, applicant should ensure the completeness of the application and submit their application with duly attested relevant documents within the stipulated dates i.e. 15.10.2018 to 16.11.2018 failing which, your application will be rejected and no request will be entertained in this regard after the due date 16.11.2018.

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