Custom Act, 1962
28-I.
Procedure on Receipt of Application. –
(1)
On receipt of an application, the Authority shall cause a copy thereof to be
forwarded to the Commissioner of Customs and, if necessary, call upon him to
furnish the relevant records: Provided that where any records have been called
for by the Authority in any case, such records shall, as soon as possible, be
returned to the Commissioner of Customs.
(2)
The Authority may, after examining the application and the records called for,
by order, either allow or reject the application:
Provided
that the Authority shall not allow the
application except in the case of a resident applicant where the question raised
in the application is,-
(a) already pending in the applicant's case before any officer of
customs, the Appellate Tribunal or any Court;
(b) the same as in a matter already decided by the Appellate Tribunal or
any Court:
Provided further that no application shall be rejected under this sub-section
unless an opportunity has been given to the applicant of being heard: Provided
also that where the application is rejected, reasons for such rejection shall
be given in the order.
(3)
A copy of every order made under sub-section (2) shall be sent to the applicant
and to the Commissioner of Customs.
(4)
Where an application is allowed under sub-section (2), the Authority shall,
after examining such further material as may be placed before it by the applicant
or obtained by the Authority, pronounce its advance ruling on the question
specified in the application.
(5)
On a request received from the applicant, the Authority shall, before
pronouncing its advance ruling, provide an opportunity to the applicant of
being heard, either in person or through a duly authorised representative.
Explanation
: For the purposes of this sub-section,
"authorised representative" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
sub-section (2) of section 146A.
(6)
The Authority shall pronounce its advance ruling in writing within ninety days
of the receipt of application.
(7)
A copy of the advance ruling pronounced by the Authority, duly signed by the
Members and certified in the prescribed manner shall be sent to the applicant
and to the Commissioner of Customs, as soon as may be, after such
pronouncement.