Custom Act, 1962
135B.
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 subsection (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.