Ministry of Finance, through the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), has issued Notification No. 68/2024–Customs (N.T.) on October 22, 2024, amending the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022. This amendment is made under the powers conferred by Section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962. The key change involves the substitution of wording in Regulation 5, sub-regulation (4), where the phrase “departure time; or” has been updated to “departure time and.” The amendment aims to provide clarity in reporting passenger departure details. These revised regulations, titled the Passenger Name Record Information (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024, come into force immediately upon publication in the Official Gazette. The original Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022, were issued by the Ministry of Finance on August 8, 2022. This update is expected to streamline the information collection process under the Customs framework, contributing to improved data accuracy.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
Notification No. 68/2024 – Customs (N.T.) |Dated: 22nd October, 2024
G.S.R. 656(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (ab) of sub-section (2) of section 157 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs hereby makes the following amendments in the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022 issued vide notification no. 67/2022-Customs (N.T.) of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 621 (E), dated the 8th August, 2022, namely :-
1. Short title and commencement – (1) These regulations may be called the Passenger Name Record Information (First Amendment) Regulations, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022, in regulation 5, in sub-regulation (4), for the words “departure time; or”, the words “departure time and” shall be substituted.
[F. No. CBIC-21/90/2022-INV-CUSTOMS-CBEC]
POONAM BHATT, Dy. Secy. (Anti-Smuggling Unit)
Note : The Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 621 (E), dated the 8th August, 2022.
