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Not a summary of a summary. These are the conditions and timings written into the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018.
| Conducted by | National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN) |
|---|---|
| Stages | An online written examination followed by an oral examination. Both must be cleared — Reg. 6(4) |
| Written | First quarter of each calendar year; result declared preferably within one month — Reg. 6(2) |
| Oral | Second quarter; result declared in July of the same year — Reg. 6(3) |
| Attempts | Maximum of six. Appearing counts as an attempt even if the application is later cancelled — Reg. 6(5), 6(6) |
| Exempt | Those who passed under CHALR 1984 reg. 9, CHALR 2004 reg. 8 or CBLR 2013 reg. 6 |
An Indian citizen, of sound mind, not adjudicated insolvent, holding an Aadhaar number and a valid PAN, with no conviction or pending criminal proceeding and no penalty under the Customs, Central Excise, Finance, CGST or IGST Acts. The applicant — or a partner, director, or authorised employee handling customs work — must be a graduate of a recognised university and must additionally hold a professional degree such as CA, CS, MBA, LLM, ACMA, FCMA, a Masters in Accounting, Finance or Management, or a Diploma in Customs Clearance, or else have at least two years' experience transacting customs broker work as a G-Card holder. Financial viability of assets not less than five lakh rupees must be evidenced by a scheduled bank. A retired Group A officer of the IRS (Customs and Central Excise) with five years in a Group A post may apply on the remaining conditions alone.
Every one is covered in the question bank, and every question links back to the provision it tests.
CGST Act 2017 and section 5 of the IGST Act 2017 · Indian Explosives Act 1884 · Destructive Insects and Pests Act 1914 · Dangerous Drugs Act 1930 · Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 · Central Excise Act 1944 · Copyright Act 1957 · Trade and Merchandise Marks Act 1958 · Arms Act 1959 · Patents Act 1970 · NDPS Act 1985 · Environment (Protection) Act 1986 · FTDR Act 1992 · FEMA 1999 · Designs Act 2000 · Food Safety and Standards Act 2006 — and other laws applicable to EXIM trade so far as they are relevant to the clearance of goods through customs.
The order matters. Most material gives you the text or the questions. The value is in the wiring between them.
Bare text of every Act, Rule and Regulation, cleaned of footnote clutter and laid out to be read on a phone.
Plain-English explainers with timeline and flowchart diagrams, kept visibly separate from the authoritative text.
Notifications, circulars and judgments attached to the section they turn on — and which officer may act at each stage.
Questions weighted to what you get wrong, mock tests in the exam format, and a record of where you are weak.
Most preparation material was accurate on the day it was printed. This is a live mirror of the official publications, refreshed every day.
Notifications, circulars, instructions and orders, straight from CBIC.
Each one parsed for the provision it was issued under, down to the sub-clause.
Case law matched to the sections it argues, with how heavily each was cited.
When a section you have studied is amended, it appears on your home screen.
Everything below is searchable in one box, and free to read without an account.
Classes give you notes. Books give you a snapshot. Neither can show you, on the page you are reading, what the law connects to today — because neither is built on a live copy of the source.
(1) The importer of any goods, other than goods intended for transit or transhipment, shall make entry thereof by presenting electronically on the customs automated system to the proper officer a bill of entry for home consumption or warehousing.
(3) The importer shall present the bill of entry under sub-section (1) before the end of the day preceding the day on which the aircraft or vessel or vehicle carrying the goods arrives…
A bill of entry may be presented in advance of the arrival of the vessel or aircraft up to —
The proviso to section 46(3) allows prior entry within thirty days of the expected arrival of the vessel, aircraft or vehicle.
| Classes and printed guides | CustomsWise | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency | Accurate the day the notes were written; amendments wait for the next batch or edition | Read from CBIC daily — when a section you have studied is amended, it appears on your home screen |
| Explanations | Written once, for the topics the teacher chose to cover | For every provision, from its own stored text — including the ones nobody teaches |
| Cross-references | Whatever the author remembered to mention | Parsed from the enabling words of each notification, down to the sub-clause |
| Proper officer | Usually one list of ranks | Split by sub-section and proviso, with the notification and the date it changed |
| Practice | A fixed bank, repeated between batches | Weighted to what you get wrong, grown from the provisions themselves |
| Checking it | Take the note on trust | Every claim sits beside the section it came from — verify it in one tap |
What we do not claim. No toppers to name, no pass rate to quote — this is new. What we offer instead is verifiability. Every explanation, cross-reference and question sits next to the provision it came from, and the bare Act is free to read without an account, so you can check any of it yourself. Every question carries a button to report an error, and corrections reach everyone the same day.
Open any section and see what hangs off it — without leaving the page you are reading.
The Customs Act and Tariff Act, with the Rules and Regulations grouped under the section that empowers them, and the allied Acts marked where they bear on import and export.
Every notification, circular, instruction and order linked to the provision it was issued under, and judgments matched to the sections they argue.
Each one is generated from the stored text of the section it tests, and each explanation names the sub-section it rests on.
Practice questions
Across the Act, Rules, Regulations, allied Acts and the Manual — added daily
Past papers
Every official paper, solved and mapped to the sections it tests
Reported pass rate
Which is why precision on limits, thresholds and authorities decides the result
Section 61(2)(b) charges interest at the section 47 rate on the duty, from the expiry of ninety days after the order permitting deposit under section 60(1) until payment. The warehousing period and the interest clock run separately — an extension of one does not postpone the other.
Statute is public and should be easy to read. What we charge for is the work built on top of it.
The National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics (NACIN), under Regulation 6 of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018. Both a written and an oral examination must be cleared.
Regulation 6(2) places the online written examination in the first quarter of each calendar year, with the result preferably within one month. The oral follows in the second quarter, its result declared in July.
Six, under Regulation 6(6). Note Regulation 6(5): appearing at the written examination counts as an attempt even if your application is afterwards disqualified or cancelled.
A graduate degree, plus either a professional qualification (CA, CS, MBA, LLM, ACMA, FCMA, a Masters in Accounting, Finance or Management, or a Diploma in Customs Clearance) or at least two years' experience as a G-Card holder — Regulation 5(1)(h).
Regulation 6(7)(n) names seventeen. In practice the questions cluster around the FTDR Act, NDPS, FSSAI, the IPR statutes, the GST Acts and the Prevention of Corruption Act. All are on the site, with the import- and export-facing provisions marked.
No. It is a study aid. Verify against the official text published by CBIC before acting on anything in a live consignment.
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