Central Excise Act, 1944
9B. POWER OF COURT TO PUBLISH NAME, PLACE OF BUSINESS, ETC.,
OF PERSONS CONVICTED UNDER THE ACT. –
(1) Where any person is convicted under this Act for
contravention of any of the provisions thereof, it shall be competent for the
Court convicting the person to cause the name and place of business or
residence of such person, nature of the contravention, the fact that the person
has been so convicted and such other particulars as the Court may consider to
be appropriate in the circumstances of the case, to be published at the expense
of such person, in such newspapers or in such manner as the Court may direct.
(2) No publication under sub-section (1) shall be made until the
period for preferring an appeal against the orders of the Court has expired without
any appeal having been preferred, or such an appeal, having been preferred, has
been disposed of.
(3) The expenses of any publication under sub-section (1) shall
be recoverable from the convicted person as if it were a fine imposed by the
Court.