Section 58
- Document type
- Other
- Reference no.
- 00
- Dated
- Category
- Customs Act, 1962
Licensing of private warehouses.
SECTION 58.
(1) At any warehousing station, the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may license private warehouses wherein dutiable goods imported by or on behalf of the licensee, or any other imported goods in respect of which facilities for deposit in a public warehouse are not available, may be deposited .
(2) The Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may cancel a licence granted under sub-section (1) -
(a) by giving one month"s notice in writing to the licensee; or
(b ) if the licensee has contravened any provision of this Act or the rules or regulations or committed breach of any of the conditions of the licence :
Provided that before any licence is cancelled under clause (b) the licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(3) Pending an enquiry whether a license granted under subsection (1) should be cancelled under clause (b) of sub-section (2), the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs may suspend the licence.
(Please refer CUS NTF NO.52/2003 DATE 31/03/2003)
(Please refer Cus Ntf No.82/2002 Dt.13/08/2002)
(Please see Cus Cir No.84/2001 Date 21/12/2001)