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Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 3

Title: Appointment of Customs Ports, Airports, Warehousing Stations, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....rescinded or superseded under the provisions of thissection.] ________________________ 1.Section 7 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 32 of 2003, section 105(w.e.f. 14-5-2003). 2.Inserted by Act 11 of 1983, section 47 (w.e.f. 13-5-1983). 3.Inserted by Act 32 of 2003, section 105 (w.e.f. 14-5-2003). Section 8 - Power to approve landing places and specify limits of customs area The1[ Commissioner of Customs may -- ( a) approve proper places in any customs port or customs airport or coastal port for the unloading and loading of goods or for any class of goods; ( b) specify the limits of any customs area. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 22 of 1995, section 50, for "Collector of Customs" (w.e.f. 26-5-1995). Section 9 - Power to declare places to be warehousing stations The Board may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare places to be warehousing stations at which alone public warehouses may be appointed and private warehouses may be licensed. Section 10 - Appointment of boarding stations The1[Commissioner of Customs] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, in or near any customs port, a boarding.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 7

Title: Appointment of Customs Ports, Airports, Etc

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....orany class of such goods with all or any specified ports in India. 3 [(2) Every notification issued under this sectionand in force immediately before the commencement of the Finance Act, 2003 shall, on such commencement, bedeemed to have been issued under the provisions of this section as amended bysection 105 of the Finance Act, 2003 andshall continue to have the same force and effect after such commencementuntil it is amended, rescinded or superseded under the provisions of thissection.] ________________________ 1.Section 7 renumbered as sub-section (1) thereof by Act 32 of 2003, section 105(w.e.f. 14-5-2003). 2.Inserted by Act 11 of 1983, section 47 (w.e.f. 13-5-1983). 3.Inserted by Act 32 of 2003, section 105 (w.e.f. 14-5-2003).

Customs Act, 1962 Section 146

Title: Customs House Agents to Be Licensed

State: Central

Year: 1962

(1) No person shall carry on business as an agent relating to the entry or departure of a conveyance or the import or export of goods at any customs-station unless such person holds a licence granted in this behalf in accordance with the regulations. (2) The Board may make regulations, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section and, in particular, such regulations may provide for (a) the authority by which a licence may be granted under this section and the period of validity of any such licence ; (b) the form of the licence and the fees payable therefor ; (c) the qualifications of persons who may apply for a licence and the qualifications of persons to be employed by a licensee to assist him in his work as an agent ; (d) the restrictions and conditions (including the furnishing of security by the licensee) subject to which a licence may be granted ; (e) the circumstances in which a licence may be suspended or revoked ; and (f) the appeals, if any, against an order of suspension or revocation of a licence, and the period within which such appeals shall be filed.

Customs Act, 1962 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....agreement or convention with any country; (s) the compliance of imported goods with any laws which are applicable to similar goods produced or manufactured in India; (t) the prevention of dissemination of documents containing any matter which is likely to prejudicially affect friendly relations with any foreign State or is derogatory to national prestige; (u) the prevention of the contravention of any law for the time being in force; and (v) any other purpose conducive to the interests of the general public. SECTION 11A: DEFINITIONS In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "illegal import" means the import of any goods in contravention of the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force; (b) "intimated place" means a place intimated under sub-section (1), sub-section (2) or sub-section (3), as the case may be, of section 11C; (c) "notified date", in relation to goods of any description, means the date on which the notification in relation to such goods is issued under section 11B; (d) "notified goods" means goods specified in the notification issued under section 11B. SECTION 11B: POWER OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO NOTIFY GOODS .....

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 8

Title: Goods in Transit

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....section 53 or transhipped under section 54.-- Where any goods are allowed to be transited under section 53 or transhipped under sub-section (3) of section 54 to any customs station, they shall, on their arrival at such station, be liable to duty and shall be entered in like manner as goods are entered on the first importation thereof and the provisions of this Act and any rules and regulations shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to such goods. ] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1998, section 101, for section 55 (w.e.f. 1-8-1998). Section 56 - Transport of certain classes of goods subject to prescribed conditions Imported goods may be transported without payment of duty from one land customs station to another, and any goods may be transported from one part of India to another part through any foreign territory, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed for the due arrival of such goods at the place of destination.

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....functions by the Board or the Commissioner of Customs; (35) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Board under any provision of this Act; (36) "rules" means the rules made by the Central Government under any provision of this Act; (37) "shipping bill" means a shipping bill referred to in section 50; (38) "stores" means goods for use in a vessel or aircraft and includes fuel and spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting; (39) "smuggling", in relation to any goods, means any act or omission which will render such goods liable to confiscation under section 111 or section 113; (40) "tariff value", in relation to any goods, means the tariff value fixed in respect thereof under sub-section (2) of section 14; (41) "value", in relation to any goods, means the value thereof determined in accordance with the provisions of 3[sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 14]; (42) "vehicle" means conveyance of any kind used on land and includes a railway vehicle; (43) "warehouse" means a public warehouse appointed under section 57 or a private warehouse licensed under section 58; (44) "warehoused goods" means goods.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....functions by the Board or the Commissioner of Customs; (35) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Board under any provision of this Act; (36) "rules" means the rules made by the Central Government under any provision of this Act; (37) "shipping bill" means a shipping bill referred to in section 50; (38) "stores" means goods for use in a vessel or aircraft and includes fuel and spare parts and other articles of equipment, whether or not for immediate fitting; (39) "smuggling", in relation to any goods, means any act or omission which will render such goods liable to confiscation under section 111 or section 113; (40) "tariff value", in relation to any goods, means the tariff value fixed in respect thereof under sub-section (2) of section 14; (41) "value", in relation to any goods, means the value thereof determined in accordance with the provisions of 3[sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) of section 14]; (42) "vehicle" means conveyance of any kind used on land and includes a railway vehicle; (43) "warehouse" means a public warehouse appointed under section 57 or a private warehouse licensed under section 58; (44) "warehoused goods" means goods.....

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 6

Title: Provisions Relating to Conveyances Carrying Imported or Exported Goods

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....no fraudulent intention, he may permit such manifest or report to be amended or supplemented. ____________________ 1. Omitted by Finance (No.2) Act, 2004, section 66. Prior to omission it stood as "Provided that if the agent of the person-in-charge of the conveyance furnishes such security as the proper officer deems sufficient for duly delivering within seven days from the date of departure of the conveyance the export manifest or the export report, as the case may be, the proper officer may (subject to such rules as the Central Government may make in this behalf) accept such manifest or report within the aforesaid period". Section 42 - No conveyance to leave without written order (1) The person-in-charge of a conveyance which has brought any imported goods or has loaded any export goods at a customs station shall not cause or permit the conveyance to depart from that customs station until a written order to that effect has been given by the proper officer. (2) No such order shall be given until- ( a) the person-in-charge of the conveyance has answered the questions put to him under section 38; ( b) the provisions of section 41 have been complied with; ( c) the.....

Customs Act, 1962 Section 54

Title: Transhipment of Goods Without Payment of Duty

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....airport at Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi or Chennai or any other customs port or customs airport which the Board may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, or ( b) to any other customs station and the proper officer is satisfied that the goods are bona fide intended for transhipment to such customs station, the proper officer may allow the goods to be transhipped, without payment of duty, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed for the due arrival of such goods at the customs station to which transhipment is allowed. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1998, section 101, for section 54 (w.e.f. 1-8-1998). 2. Inserted by Act 27 of 1999, section 106 (w.e.f. 11-5-1999).

Customs Act, 1962 Chapter 13

Title: Searches, Seizure and Arrest

State: Central

Year: 1962

.....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. _______________________ 1. Substituted by Act 22 of 1995, section 50, for "Collector of Customs" (w.e.f. 26-5-1995). Section 102 - Persons to be searched may require to be taken before gazetted officer of customs or magistrate (1) When any officer of customs is about to search any person under the provisions of section 100 or section 101, the officer of customs shall, if such person so requires, take him without unnecessary delay to the nearest gazetted officer of customs or magistrate. (2) If such requisition is made, the officer of customs may detain the person making it until he can bring him before the gazetted officer of customs or the magistrate. (3) The gazetted officer of customs or the magistrate before whom any such person is brought shall, if he sees no reasonable ground for search, forthwith discharge the person but otherwise shall direct that search.....