Custom Act, 1962
28A.
Power not to Recover Duties not Levied or Short-Levied as a Result of General Practice. –
(1)
Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, if the Central Government is
satisfied –
(a) that a practice was, or is, generally prevalent regarding levy of
duty (including non-levy thereof) on any goods imported into, or exported from,
India; and
(b) that such goods were, or are, liable –
( i ) to duty, in cases where according to the
said practice the duty was not, or is not being, levied, or
(ii) to a higher amount of duty than what was, or is being, levied,
according to the said practice, then, the Central Government may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, direct that the whole of the duty payable
on such goods, or, as the case may be, the duty in excess of that payable on
such goods, but for the said practice, shall not be required to be paid in
respect of the goods on which the duty was not, or is not being, levied, or was
or is being, short-levied, in accordance with the said practice.
(2)
Where any notification under sub-section (1) in respect of any goods has been
issued, the whole of the duty paid on such goods, or, as the case may be, the
duty paid in excess of that payable on such goods, which would not have been
paid if the said notification had been in force, shall be dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 27 :
Provided
that the person claiming the refund of
such duty or, as the case may be, excess duty, makes an application in this
behalf to the Assistant Commissioner of Customs, in the form referred to in
sub-section (1) of section 27, before the expiry of six months from the date of
issue of the said notification.