[TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF
INDIA (EXTRAORDINARY)]

                             GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                              MINISTRY OF FINANCE
                            DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
                 (CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)

                           Notification No. 33 /2019-Customs (N.T.)

                                                                 New Delhi, the    25th April, 2019

G.S.R.        (E).-- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 157 read with section 50 of the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and in supersession of the Shipping Bill (Electronic Integration
Declaration) Regulations, 2011, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such
supersession, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, hereby makes the following
regulations, namely:-

1. Short title, application and commencement. ­ (1) These regulations may be called the
Shipping Bill (Electronic Integrated Declaration and Paperless Processing) Regulations, 2019.

(2) They shall apply to export of goods from all customs stations where the Indian Customs
Electronic Data Interchange System is in operation.

(3) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions. ­ (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)      "Act" means the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

(b)      "authorised person" means an exporter or a person authorised by him who has a valid
licence under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and includes an employee of the
Customs broker who has been issued a photo identity card in Form G under the Customs Brokers
Licensing Regulations, 2018;






(c)      "electronic integrated declaration" means particulars relating to the export goods that are
entered in the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System;

(d)      "ICEGATE" means the customs automated system of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs;
(e)       "section" means section of the Act;

(f)       "service centre" means the place specified by the Principal Commissioner or the
Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, where the data entry of an electronic integrated
declaration, is carried out;

(g)       "shipping bill" means an electronic integrated declaration accepted and assigned a unique
number by the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System, and includes its electronic
records or print outs.

Explanation. ­ For the purposes of this clause, the expression "electronic records" shall have the
meaning assigned to it in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);

(h)       "supporting documents" means the documents in the electronic form or otherwise, which
are relevant to the clearance of the export goods under sections 17 and 50 of the Act, respectively.

(2)       Words and expressions used in these regulations and not defined but defined in the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) shall have the meanings as assigned to them in the said Act.

3. Authorised person to enter, etc. electronic integrated declaration. ­ The authorised person
shall ­

(a)       enter the electronic integrated declaration and upload the supporting documents on the
ICEGATE by affixing his digital signature on the ICEGATE; or

(b)       get the electronic integrated declaration made on the ICEGATE along with the supporting
documents by availing the services at the service centre.

Explanation. -- For the purposes of this regulation, the expression "digital signature" shall have
the meaning assigned to it in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);

4.    Shipping bill when deemed to be filed and self assessment completed. ­ The shipping bill
shall be deemed to have been filed and self-assessment completed when, after entry of the
electronic integrated declaration on the ICEGATE or by way of data entry through the service
centre, a shipping bill number is generated by the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange
System for the said declaration.
5.        Order under section 51 or section 69. ­ After the completion of assessment, payment of
duty or cess, etc. if any, and examination of export goods, if so required, an order permitting
clearance, under sub-section (1) of section 51 or section 69 as the case may be, shall be made and
the order under this regulation may be recorded on the ICEGATE and conveyed electronically to
the authorised person, the custodian, and to any other person(s) designated by the authorised
person.






6.   Retention of assessed copy of shipping bill and supporting documents. ­ The authorised
person shall retain, for a period of five years from the date of presentation of the shipping bill, the
assessed copy of the shipping bill, digital or otherwise, and all supporting documents in original,
which were used or relied upon by him in submitting the electronic integrated declaration, and
shall produce them before Customs authorities in connection with any action or proceedings under
the Act or under any other law for the time being in force.

7.        Generation of authenticated copy of shipping bill. ­ An authenticated copy of shipping
bill may be generated at the request of the authorised person if possession of the said copy is
required by him for compliance of provisions of any law for the time being in force.

8.        Penalty for contravention, etc. of regulations. ­ Any authorised person who contravenes
any provision of these regulations or who fails to comply with any provisions of these regulations
shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to fifty thousand rupees.

                                                                     [F. No. 450/148/2015-Cus. -IV]




                                                                                       (Zubair Riaz)
                                                                                  Director (Customs)