The Customs Act,1962 — Bare Act, All Sections & Free PDF
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Overview
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Customs.
Sections (Showing 1 to 10 of 271)
Section 1 to Section 10 (10 Sections)
Short title, extent and commencement.
(1) This Act may be called the Customs Act, 1962. (2) It extends to the whole of India 1 [and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence or contraventi...
Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- 1 [(1) adjudicating authority means any authority competent to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include...
Classes of officers of customs.
1 [3. 2 [ Classes of officers of customs. --There shall be the following classes of officers of customs, namely:-- (a) Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs or Principal Chief Co...
Appointment of officers of customs.
(1) The 1 [Board] may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to be officers of customs. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) , 2 [Board may authorise a 3 [Prin...
Powers of officers of customs.
(1) Subject to such conditions and limitations as the Board may impose, an officer of customs may exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on him under thi...
Entrustment of functions of Board and customs officers on certain other officers.
The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, entrust either conditionally or unconditionally to any officer of the Central or the State Government or a loca...
Appointment of customs ports, airports, etc.
1 [7. Appointment of customs ports, airports, etc. -- 2 [(1)] The 3 [Board] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint-- (a) the ports and airports which alone shall be ...
Power to approve landing places and specify limits of customs area.
The 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs] may,-- (a) approve proper places in any customs port or customs airport or coastal port for the unloading and l...
[Omitted.].
[Powers to declare places to be warehousing stations].Omitted by The Finance Act, 2016 (28 of 2016), s. 118 (w.e.f. 14-5-2016).
Appointment of boarding stations.
The 1 [Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs] may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, in or near any customs port, a boarding station for the ...
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