Seizure of goods documents and things [Section 110]: An officer of Customs can seize any goods, if he has reason to believe that the same are l iable to confiscation, under the […]
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Power to require production of order permitting clearance of goods imported by land [Section 109]
Power to require production of order permitting clearance of goods imported by land [Section 109]: Any officer of customs appointed for any area adjoining the land frontier of India and empowered in […]
Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents [Section 108]
Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents [Section 108]: Any Gazetted officer of Customs shall have power to summon any person whose attendance he considers necessary either to give […]
Power to examine persons [Section 107]
Power to examine persons [Section 107]: Any officer of customs empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs may, during the course of any enquiry […]
Power to inspect [Section 106A]
Power to inspect [Section 106A]: Any proper officer authorised in this behalf by the Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs may, for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not the requirements of this Act […]
Power to stop and search conveyances [Section 106]
Power to stop and search conveyances [Section 106]: Section 106 (1) provides that where the proper officer has reason to believe that any aircraft, vehicle or animal in India or any vessel […]
Power to search premises [Section 105]
Power to search premises [Section 105]: Section 105 provides that if the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs or in any area adjoining the land frontier or the coast of India an officer of […]
Power to arrest [Section 104]
Power to arrest [Section 104]: To tackle the menace of smuggling and other serious economic offences including commercial frauds effectively, apart from penal action in departmental adjudication, the Customs Act, also provides […]
Power to screen or X-ray bodies of suspected persons for detecting secreted goods [Section 103]
Power to screen or X-ray bodies of suspected persons for detecting secreted goods [Section 103] : (a) Detention of the person referred to in section 100(2): Where the proper officer has reason […]
Persons to be searched may require to be taken before gazetted officer of customs or magistrate [Section 102]
Persons to be searched may require to be taken before gazetted officer of customs or magistrate [Section 102] : (a) Person may require to be searched before Gazetted Officer/Magistrate: When any officer […]