Custom Act, 1962
129DA.
Powers of Revision of Board or Commissioner of Customs in Certain Cases. –
(1)
The Board may, of its own motion or on the application of any aggrieved person
or otherwise, call for and examine the record of any proceeding in which a Commissioner
of Customs has passed any decision or order [not being a decision or order
passed under sub-section (2) of this section] of the nature referred to in
sub-section (5) of section 129D for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the
correctness, legality or propriety of such decision or order and may pass such
order thereon as it thinks fit.
(2)
The Commissioner of Customs may, of his own motion or on the application of any
aggrieved person or otherwise, call for and examine the record of any proceeding
in which an adjudicating authority subordinate to him has passed any decision
or order of the nature referred to in sub-section (5) of section 129D for the
purpose of satisfying himself as to the correctness, legality or propriety of
such decision or order and may pass such order thereon as he thinks fit.
(3)
(a) No decision or order under this section shall be made so as to
prejudicially affect any person unless such person is given a reasonable
opportunity of making representation and if, he so desires, of being heard in
his defence.
(b) Where the Board or, as the case may be, the Commissioner of Customs
is of the opinion that any duty has not been levied or has been short-levied or
short-paid or erroneously refunded, no order requiring the affected person to
pay any duty not levied or paid, short-levied or short-paid or erroneously
refunded shall be passed under this section unless such person is given notice
within the time limit specified in section 28 to show cause against the
proposed order.
(4)
No proceedings shall be initiated under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) in
respect of any decision or order after the expiry of a period of six months
from the date of communication of such decision or order :
Provided that in respect of any decision or order passed before the commencement
of the Customs and Central Excises Laws (Amendment) Act, 1988, the provisions
of this sub-section shall have effect as if for the words "six
months", the words "one year" were substituted.
(5)
Any person aggrieved by any decision or order passed under sub-section (1) or
sub-section (2) may appeal to the Customs and Excise Revenues Appellate
Tribunal established under section 3 of the Customs and Excise Revenues
Appellate Tribunal Act, 1986 (62 of 1986), against such decision or order.