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• I CUSTOMS BROKER SECTIoN, NEW CUSTOMlIOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI -I. F. No. S/6-88/2018-19-CBS Date: 27.09.2019 PUBLIC NOTICE No. 93/2019 Sub: Online Written Examination for 'F' Category Customs Broker under Regulation 6 of CBLR, 2018 to be held on 06.03.2020.

It is hereby notified that National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), Faridabad shall conduct an online written examination for 'F' category Customs Broker under Regulation 6 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 on 06.03.2020 at designated examination centres. 2 The applicant for a license to act as a Customs Broker in a Customs Station, shall before applying to the Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs, meet the following conditions as per Regulation-S ofthe CBLR-2018: (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) 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 (i) be a graduate from a recognized University; and (ii) possess 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; (i) 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 lakhs rupees Page 1 of 1

OJ is a retired Group A officer from the Indian Revenue Service (Customs 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 as specified in Regulation 5(2) of CBLR 2018 . 2.1 Further complete application is to be submitted in person or by Registered/ Speed Post in Form-A (available in the CBLR, 2018) along with 02 (two) passport size photos and self-attested documents on citizenship (Aadhaar / Passport/ Voter Card), educational qualification, financial viability, mobile number, E-mail ID and other requirements as prescribed in Annexure II of this Public Notice, along with the prescribed fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees Five Hundred Only) to the Principal Commissioner of Customs/ Commissioner of Customs (G). The application should reach at Regulation-6 Desk, Customs Broker Section, Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (General), 3rd Floor, Old Building, New Custom House, Mumbai -400001 from 14.10.2019 to 15.11.2019 up to 06.00 PM, for verification in terms of the Regulation-5(3) of the CBLR-2018. 2.2 It is to be further noted that Application sent by post, in case received after the last date shall not be entertained, and incomplete applications shall also been summarily rejected. 2.3 (i) An attempt at the written exam shall be deemed to be an attempt and notwithstanding the disqualification/ cancellation of application, the fact of appearance of the applicant at the examination will count as an attempt. (ii) An applicant shall be allowed a maximum of six attempts to clear the examination. (iii) The applicant shall be required to clear both the written examination as well as corresponding oral examination. 4. The online written examination will be a Computer Based Examination with Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) of two and half hours (10.30 hrs to 13.00 hrs.) duration. Question will be bilingual i.e. in English and Hindi. The pattern of the examination will be as follows: (i) No. of Question: (ii) Marking Scheme: (iii) Maximum Marks: (iv) Qualifying Marks: 150 +3 for each correct answer -1 for each incorrect answer. 450 270 (60%) 5. The syllabus of examination will be as per Regulation 6(7) of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018, as amended. Those qualifying in the said examination will have to appear for oral examination in terms of Regulation 6 of the CBLRs, 2018. 6. The oral examination will be held during the second quarter of the calendar year 2020. The pass percentage marks for qualifying in the oral examination will be 60%. 7. A dummy question paper for the purpose of awareness of candidates will be made available on the CBIC and NACIN websites i.e. www.cbic.gov.in and www.nacin.gov.in Page 2 of 2

under the icon/tab <GSTP /CBLR EXAM> from February, 2020. A link to download the admit card will be also provided therein. 8. Admit card shall also be sent bye-mail to eligible applicants 15 days in advance before the date of examination. For convenience of candidates, other necessary details like list of centres, guidelines to the candidates, help desk, e-mail id etc. will also be made available under the icon/tab <GSTP /CBLR EXAM>. 9. In case the declarations/signature made and lor 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 Principal Commissioner of Customs (General), Mumbai. Enel: 1. Annexure-I: Form-A 2. Annexure-II: (List of documents required) Copy to: /-00" t 'lA\ ~ [Mahender Kumar) Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Customs Brokers Section, New Custom House. 1. 2. 3. 4. The Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai Zone-I. All Commissioners of Customs Mumbai Zone-I, ED!, NCH for uploading on website of Mumbai Zone-I. BCBA Notice Board. C' J. Page 3 of 5

ANNEXURE-I 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 1. Name of the applicant:- '~ 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 :- [" Name and Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) of its partner/partners or o. 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 :-

~I Total number of attempts the applicant has made in the examination referred to in I • 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 C ......... )/Hindi. (b) I have not earlier applied for a license to act as Customs Broker and no such application was rejected/accepted. 1---- (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, 20130r these regulations and it was cancelled or suspended/not cancelled or suspended. Cd) 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. 2. 3. 4. 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 Page 4of4

ANNEXURE-II [List of Documents Required] (i) Duly notarized affidavit solemnly affirming that the applicant: (a) has neither been convicted by a competent court for an offence nor any criminal proceeding is pending against him in any court oflaw (b) 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 of2017) (c) List of earlier attempts made by the candidate for F category examination in any of the Customs Commissionerate in India. (ii) Two passport size photographs and Self-attested Copy of Aadhar Card/ Passport/ Voter Card. Also provide Mobile Number and E-Mail ID. (iii) Certificate issued by a competent authority of a Government Hospital stating that the applicant is a person of sound mind. (iv) Self-attested 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) Certificate issued by a 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. (vi) Bank solvency certificate ofRs. 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 val ue not less than Five Lakh Rupees. NOTE: (i) All the above mentioned documents should be self-attested at the time of submission. (iii) All the documents have to be submitted with the application form between 14.10.2019 to 15.11.2019 upto 06.00 pm. [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. 14.10.2019 to 15.11.2019 failing which, your application will be rejected and no request will be entertained in this regard after the due date 15.:11.2019. (iiv) It is to be further noted that Application sent by post, in case received after the last date shall not be entertained, and incomplete applications shall also been summarily rejected. Page 5 of 5