The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified the Passenger Name Record Information Regulations, 2022 wherein the aircrafts are bound to provide passenger information with the Customs department and such information shall be further shared with the law enforcement agencies or foreign states.
As per the notification issued yesterday, every aircraft operator shall transfer the passenger name record information, as per list in Annexure –II to these regulations, of passengers they have already collected such information in the normal course of business operations, to the designated Customs systems by push method using PNRGOV EDIFACT message format.
“When passenger name record information relates to any offence, under any law for the time being in force, at national or international level, the National Customs Targeting Centre-Passenger, may share the relevant information on a case-to-case basis with other law enforcement agencies or government departments of India or any other country. Provided that sharing of such relevant passenger name record information with other law enforcement agencies or government departments of India or any other country shall be subject to maintenance of same level of information privacy and protection of information and safeguards: Provided further that such other law enforcement agencies or government departments of India or other countries shall, while seeking information, specify the purpose for which such information is being sought,” the notification said.
The notification also impose a penalty of not less than twenty five thousand rupees but not more fifty thousand rupees, for each act of non-compliance, on an aircraft operator or his authorised agent who contravenes or fail to comply with any provisions of these regulations.
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