Customs Act : Licensing of private warehouses. Indian Bare Acts :

Customs Act,1962

Act No : 52

Section : Licensing of private warehouses.

58.Licensing of private warehouses. (1) At any warehousing station, the [Assistant Commissiner of Customs] may license private warehouses wherein dutiable good imported by or on behalf of the, licensee-, or any other imported goods in respect of which facilities for deposit in a public warehouse are not available, may be, deposited. (1xxx. (2) The Assistant Commissiner of Customs may cancel a licence granted under sub-section (1)- (a) by giving one month's notice in writing to the licensee; or ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Omitted by Act 55 of 1991, s.5 (w.e.f. 23-12-1991). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1200 (b) if the licensee has contravened any provision of this Act or the rules or regulations or committed breach of any of the conditions of the licence: Provided that before any licence is cancelled under clause (b), the licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (3) Pending an enquiry whether a licence granted under sub-section (1) should be cancelled under clause (b) of sub-section (2), the [Assistant Commissiner of Customs] may suspend the licence.