Customs-Time Limit for adjudication of customs cases related to search / seizures

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....Customs-Time Limit for adjudication of customs cases related to search / seizures. 1. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG) has undertaken a draft review on "Adjudication and Appeal Cases (Customs)" for inclusion in the report of the C&AG for the year 2005-06 (Performance Audit). It has been recommended by C&AG that the Government may consider prescribing an appropriate time limit f....

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.... service of the show cause notice; (ii) for cases to be adjudicated within the competence of Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs, six months from the date of service of the show cause notice; (iii) for cases to be adjudicated within the competence of a Gazetted Officer of Customs lower in rank than an Assistant Commissioner of Customs, three months from the date o....