Custom Act, 1962
124.
ISSUE OF SHOW CAUSE NOTICE BEFORE CONFISCATION OF GOODS, ETC. –
No
order confiscating any goods or imposing any penalty on any person shall be made
under this Chapter unless the owner of the goods or such person –
(a)
is given a notice in writing informing him of the grounds on which it is
proposed to confiscate the goods or to impose a penalty;
(b)
is given an opportunity of making a representation in writing within such
reasonable time as may be specified in the notice against the grounds of
confiscation or imposition of penalty mentioned therein; and
(c)
is given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter :
Provided
that the notice referred to in clause
(a) and the representation referred to in clause (b) may, at the request of the
person concerned be oral.