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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Customs Act, 1962 Section 101

Power to Search Suspected Persons in Certain Other Cases

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Customs Act, 1962 Section 101 is part of Customs Act, 1962 - Power to Search Suspected Persons in Certain Other Cases. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of section 100, if an officer of customs empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the1[ Commissioner of Customs ], has reason to believe that any person has secreted about his person any goods of the description specified in sub-section (2) which are liable to confiscation, or documents relating thereto, he may search that person.

(2) The goods referred to in sub-section (1) are the following: --

( a) gold;

( b) diamonds;

( c) manufactures of gold or diamonds;

( d) watches;

( e) any other class of goods which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.

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1. Substituted by Act 22 of 1995, section 50, for "Collector of Customs" (w.e.f. 26-5-1995).

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What does Customs Act, 1962 Section 101 provide?

Section Section 101 of the Customs Act, 1962 (Power to Search Suspected Persons in Certain Other Cases) is reproduced on this page as part of the Customs Act, 1962. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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