CUS CIR NO. 37/2010 DATE 24/09/2010
- Document type
- Circular
- Reference no.
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- Dated
Illegal use of Satellite Phones in India-regarding
Illegal use of Satellite Phones in India-regarding
2. Instances have come to the notice that satellite phones are being brought into India via baggage and being used by anti-national elements which poses a serious security threat. Accordingly, the Board has taken a serious note of unauthorized use of satellite phone in India after import through passenger baggage. It is, therefore, decided that arriving passengers importing satellite telephone as baggage shall be required to declare the same to the Customs on arrival. Furthermore, it is necessary to alert all arriving passengers to their responsibility to make such declaration.
3. Any such satellite phone declared to Customs shall be allowed clearance subject to production of permission for use from DOT, Government of India. Satellite phones imported for use in India without a valid permission of DOT may be detained and appropriate action in accordance with the law may be initiated.
4. It has been decided by the Ministry of Home Affairs that a display Board will be placed at the Arrival side of the Immigration at all the ICPs regarding obligation of the travelers to declare whether they are carrying any satellite phone, to the Customs authorities. In this regard, the Customs part of the Arrival Card and Customs part of the Important Instructions to be filled in by arriving passengers at International airports is also being revised by MHA.
5. It is desired that Deputy / Assistant Commissioner on duty at the Airport should remain vigilant to check against any attempt to import Satellite phones without declaration to Customs.
6. These instructions should be strictly complied with and any lapse will be viewed seriously.
7. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of aforementioned instructions may be immediately brought to the notice of the Board.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/-
( R. P. Singh )
Director (Customs)
Internal Circulation-As usual.