When the custodian makes a request for rendering of services of Customs officers beyond working hours, he will be required to pay only for the block periods for which the services were requisitioned irrespective of the number of importers/exporters documents handled during that period . The custodian , in turn , will, for administrative convenience, divide the amount equally amongst all the importers/exporters whose work was attended to during this period,irrespective of number of documents of each importer/exporter on the value or weight of the consignments.
Attention is invited to Paragraph 2.4 of the Export and Import Policy 2002-2007, as amended and Paragraphs 4.9 and 4.10 of the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.1, 2002-2007, as amended and also to the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.2, 2002-2007, as amended from time to time.
