Section 6
Subs. by Act 27 of 1999, s. 100, for “Assistant Commissioner of Customs” (w.e.f. 11-5-1999).
6. Subs. by Act 27 of 1999, s. 100, for “Assistant Commissioner of Customs” (w.e.f. 11-5-1999).
(2) If the thing is done within the time specified in the bond, the 1 [Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] shall cancel the bond as discharged in full and shall, on demand, deliver it, so cancelled, to the person who has executed or who is entitled to receive it; and in such a case that person shall not be liable to any penalty provided in this Act or, as the case may be, in such other law for the contravention of the provisions thereof relating to the doing of that thing.
(3) If the thing is not done within the time specified in the bond, the 1 [Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] shall, without prejudice to any other action that may be taken under this Act or any other law for the time being in force, be entitled to proceed upon the bond in accordance with law.