Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
XII. In all cases in which under this Act, goods are liable to confiscation, and in all cases in which under this Act, any person in charge of, or owning a vessel, or landing or shipping goods, or passing them through the custom house, is liable to a penalty, a Commissioner or Collector of Customs may acljudicate such confiscation or such penalty; or the same may be adjudged by a Deputy or by a.n Assistant Collector of Customs being a Justice of the Peace : Provided, that the power to adju' dicate confiscation shall not extend as regards a Deputy. Collector to goods beyond the value of rupees one thousand, nor as regards an Assistant Collector to goods beyond t-he value of rupees &e hundred, nor shall any Deputy Collector impose any fine beyond the amount of rupees `fi*,` nor any Assistant Collector beyond the amount of rupees ten ; and all cases adjuclicated by a Deputy or Assistant Collector shall be liable to revision by a Collector of Customs on appeal.
Source: India Code