Custom Act, 1962
11M.
Steps to be taken by Persons Selling or Transferring any Specified Goods. –
Except
where he receives payment by cheque drawn by the purchaser, every person who
sells or otherwise transfers within any specified area, any specified goods,
shall obtain, on his copy of the sale or transfer voucher, the signature and
full postal address of the person to whom such sale or transfer is made and
shall also take such other reasonable steps as may be specified by rules made
in this behalf to satisfy himself as to the identity of the purchaser or the
transferee, as the case may be, and if after an inquiry made by a proper
officer, it is found that the purchaser or the transferee, as the case may be,
is not either readily traceable or is a fictitious person, it shall be
presumed, unless the contrary is proved, that such goods have been illegally
exported and the person who had sold or otherwise transferred such goods had
been concerned in such illegal export :
Provided
that nothing in this section shall apply
to petty sales of any specified goods if the aggregate market price obtained by
such petty sales, made in the course of a day, does not exceed two thousand and
five hundred rupees.
Explanation
: In this section "petty sale"
means a sale at a price which does not exceed one thousand rupees.