Customs (Publication of names) Rules, 1975

Customs (Publication of names) Rules, 1975 [M.F. (D.R. & I.) Notification No. 3-Cus., dated 19th January, 1976 as amended by section (50) of Finance Act, 1995 (22 of 1995) ] In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (g) of sub-section (2) of section 156 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :- 1. Short title and commencement. - These rules may be called the Customs (Publication of Names) Rules, 1975. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions. - In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Act" means the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962); (b) "[Commissioner of Customs]" includes an [Additional Commissioner of Customs]; (c) "Proper Officer", in relation to any functions to be performed under the Act, means the officer of Customs who is assigned those functions by the Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963), or the [Commissioner of Customs]; (d) "Section" means a section of the Act. 3. Publication of names and other particulars of persons. - (1) Subject to the provisions of these rules, the [Commissioner of Customs] shall, once in every three months, cause to be published in the Official Gazette the names and addresses and other particulars specified in sub-rule (2) of the following categories of persons, namely :- (a) persons who have been convicted by a court for contravention of any of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder; (b) persons who have been adjudged by a proper officer to have contravened any of the provisions of the Act, or the rules made thereunder, where - (i) the persons had, on a previous occasion, been similarly adjudged by the pr

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