Submission of Intimation of Arrest Report & Incident Report


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This instruction reiterates the guidelines for submitting Arrest Reports and Incident Reports for offences under the Customs Act, 1962. It highlights that arrest reports must be submitted to the concerned Zonal Member and the Member (Investigation) promptly. A monthly report of all arrests within a zone needs to be sent to the Director General of Revenue Intelligence by the 5th of the following month, who will then compile and forward it to the Commissioner (Investigation-Customs) by the 10th. All reports must now be submitted via email only, ceasing the practice of sending hard copies.

Instruction No. 21/2021-Customs No. 394/05/2021-Commr. (Inv-Cus) Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Indirect Taxes Customs (Investigation Customs) ******* 10thFloor, Tower-2, Jeevan Bharti Building, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110001. Email:inv-customs@gov.in Tel. 011-21400625 Dated: 05/10/2021 To, The Pr. Director General- DGRI, All Pr. Chief Commissioners/ Chief Commissioners of Customs/ Customs (Preventive), All Pr. Chief
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This instruction aims to reiterate and ensure the timely submission of Arrest Reports and Incident Reports for offences under the Customs Act, 1962, in the prescribed format.

Arrest reports must be intimated to the concerned Zonal Member and also to the Member (Investigation).

The Chief Commissioner must send a monthly report of all persons arrested in the zone to the Principal Director General/Director General of Revenue Intelligence by the 5th of the succeeding month.

The DGRI (HQ) compiles the monthly reports received from formations and sends a compiled report to the O/o the Commissioner (Investigation-Customs), CBIC by the 10th of every month, zone-wise.

All arrest reports must be sent only by e-mail. The practice of sending hard copies to the Board should be stopped with immediate effect.

This instruction refers to Board's Circular No. 38/2013 dated 17.09.2013, CBIC Circular No. 28/2015 dated 23.10.2015, and Board's Instruction No. 19/2018 dated 22.11.2018.

 



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