Custom Act, 1962
131B.
Transfer of Certain Pending Proceedings and Transitional Provisions. –
(1)
Every appeal which is pending immediately before the appointed day
before the Board under section 128, as it
(2)
stood immediately
before that day, and any matter arising out of or connected with such appeal
and which is so pending shall stand transferred on that day to the Appellate
Tribunal and the Appellate Tribunal may proceed with such appeal or matter from
the stage at which it was on that day :
Provided
that the appellant may demand that
before proceeding further with that appeal or matter, he may be re-heard.
(2)
Every proceeding which is pending immediately before the appointed day before
the Central Government under section 131, as it stood immediately before that
day, and any matter arising out of or connected with such proceeding and which
is so pending shall stand transferred on that day to the Appellate Tribunal and
the Appellate Tribunal may proceed with such proceeding or matter from the
stage at which it was on that day as if such proceeding or matter were an
appeal filed before it :
Provided
that if any such proceeding or matter
relates to an order where –
(a)
the value of the goods confiscated without option having been given to the
owner of the goods to pay a fine in lieu of confiscation under section 125; or
(b)
in any disputed case, other than a case where the determination of any question
having a relation to the rate of duty of customs or to the value of goods for
purposes of assessment is in issue or is one of the points in issue, the
difference in duty involved or the duty involved; or
(c)
the amount of fine or penalty determined by such order, does not exceed ten
thousand rupees, such proceeding or matter shall continue to be dealt with by
the Central Government as if the said section 131 had not been substituted :
Provided further that the applicant or the other party may make a demand to the
Appellate Tribunal that before proceeding further with that proceeding or
matter, he may be re-heard.
(3)
Every proceeding which is pending immediately before the appointed day before
the Board or the Commissioner of Customs under section 130, as it stood
immediately before that day, and any matter arising out of or connected with
such proceeding and which is so pending shall continue to be dealt with by the
Board or the Commissioner of Customs, as the case may be, as if the said
section had not been substituted.
(4)
Any person who immediately before the appointed day was authorised to appear in
any appeal or proceeding transferred under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2)
shall, notwithstanding anything contained in section 146A, have the right to
appear before the Appellate Tribunal in relation to such appeal or proceeding.