Custom Act, 1962
130A.
Application to High Court. –
(1)
The Commissioner of Customs or the other party may, within one hundred and
eighty days of the date upon which he is served with notice of an order under
section 129B passed on or after the 1st day of July, 1999 (not being an order
relating, among other things, to the determination of any question having a
relation to the rate of duty of customs or to the value of goods for purposes
of assessment), by application in the prescribed form, accompanied, where the
application is made by the other party, by a fee of two hundred rupees, apply
to the High Court to direct the Appellate Tribunal to refer to the High Court
any question of law arising from such order of the Tribunal.
(2)
The Commissioner of Customs or the other party applying to the High Court under
sub-section (1) shall clearly state the question of law which he seeks to be
referred to the High Court and shall also specify the paragraph in the order of
the Appellate Tribunal relevant to the question sought to be referred.
(3)
On receipt of notice that an application has been made under sub-section (1),
the person against whom such application has been made, may, notwithstanding
that he may not have filed such application, file, within forty-five days of
the receipt of the notice, a memorandum of cross-objections verified in the
prescribed manner against any part of the order in relation to which an
application for reference has been made and such memorandum shall be disposed
of by the High Court as if it were an application presented within the time
specified in sub-section (1).
(4)
If, on an application made under sub-section (1), the High Court directs the
Appellate Tribunal to refer the question of law raised in the application, the
Appellate Tribunal shall, within one hundred and twenty days of the receipt of
such direction, draw up a statement of the case and refer it to the High Court.