Custom Act, 1962
156.
General Power to Make Rules. –
(1)
Without prejudice to any power to make rules contained elsewhere in this Act,
the Central Government may make rules consistent with this Act generally to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,
such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :-
(a) the manner of determining the price of imported goods under
sub-section (1A) of section 14;
(b) the conditions subject to which accessories of, and spare parts and
maintenance and repairing implements for, any article shall be chargeable at
the same rate of duty as that article;
(c) Omitted
(d) the detention and confiscation of goods the importation of which is
prohibited and the conditions, if any, to be fulfilled before such detention and
confiscation and the information, notices and security to be given and the
evidence requisite for the purposes of such detention or confiscation and the
mode of verification of such evidence;
(e) the reimbursement by an informant to any public officer of all
expenses and damages incurred in respect of any detention of any goods made on
his information and of any proceedings consequent on such detention;
(f) the information required in respect of any goods mentioned in a
shipping bill or bill of export which are not exported or which are exported
and are afterwards re-landed;
(g) the publication, subject to such conditions as may be specified
therein, of names and other particulars of persons who have been found guilty
of contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or the rules.