Custom Act, 1962
127B.
APPLICATION FOR SETTLEMENT OF CASES. –
(1)
Any importer, exporter or any other person (hereinafter referred to as the
applicant in this Chapter) may, at any stage of a case relating to him make an
application in such form and in such manner as may be specified by rules, and
containing a full and true disclosure of his duty liability which has not been
disclosed before the proper officer the manner in which such liability has been
incurred, the additional amount of customs duty accepted to be payable by him
and such other particulars as may be specified by rules including the
particulars of such dutiable goods in respect of which he admits short levy on
account of misclassification or otherwise of goods, to the Settlement Commission
to have the case settled and such application shall be disposed of in the
manner hereinafter provided:
Provided
that no such application shall be made
unless –
(a)
the applicant has filed a bill of entry, or a shipping bill, in respect of
import or export of goods, as the case may be, or a show cause notice has been
issued to him by the proper officer;
(b)
the additional amount of duty accepted by the applicant in his application
exceeds two lakh rupees:
Provided
further that no application shall be
entertained by the Settlement Commission under this sub-section in cases which
are pending in the Appellate Tribunal or any Court:
Provided
also that no application under this sub-section
shall be made in relation to goods to which section 123 applies or to goods in
relation to which any offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
Substances Act, 1985 (61 of 1985) has been committed:
Provided
also that no application under this
sub-section shall be made for the interpretation of the classification of the
goods under the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975).
(2)
Where any dutiable goods, books of account, other documents or any sale
proceeds of the goods have been seized under section 110, the applicant shall
not be entitled to make an application under sub-section (1) before the expiry
of one hundred and eighty days from the date of the seizure.
(3)
Every application made under sub-section (1) shall be accompanied by such fees
as may be specified by rules.
(4)
An application made under sub-section (1) shall not be allowed to be withdrawn
by the applicant.