'File 8/2 Smuggling of Gold' [‎212r] (423/488)

In the Office of the Collector of Customs, Bombay*
Order^No. Date 7 th September I£45* Despatched on 7 - r C
iV.fi. (1) This copy is granted free of charge for the private use of the person to whom it is
Dubai per S.S/'Barjora" had been asked inter alia whether
he was carrying sovereigns cr gold uncovered by the necessary
permit for export issued by the Reserve Bank of India and had
replied in the negative, a careful examination of his baggage
disclosed that concealed therein were 650 sovereigns* The
export of sovereigns out of India without the permission of
the Reserve Bank is illegal under the terns of Rule 90 B(2)
of the Defence of India R|tles* No such permission was
forthcoming.
2* The case discloses a clear attempt to export
sovereigns out of India without the necessary permission of
the Reserve Bank. An offence attracting the provisions of
Section 157(8) of the Sea Customs Act is thereby disclosed*
I order that the offending sovereigns be confiscated under
Section 167(8) of the Sea Customs Act. The owner thereof
shall, however, be given the option to pay in lieu of such
confiscation a fine of .as.32,000/-* This option must be
exercised within four months of the date of tliis order and
if the fine is paid vithin the time Unit specified the
sovereigns must be passed back into India.
MFP— 1230 Customs—(M-2006)—8-12-39—30,000.
( 2 ) -At 1 annonl orroinaf +V>ia
within
nied by—
If it is an appeal presented to the Central Board of Revenue, it must be accompa-
(a) a copy of this order or another copy of the order, bearing the Court-fee
stamp of Annaa-G-i g h tprescribed under >f the Court
Fees Act of 1870, and
(6) A copy of the appeal.
Subject.
9mfa
Export Trade Control Regulations -
Evasion of - Restri c ted goods — ~>
Export of, out of India - Confiscation -
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Tho records of the case.
After Abdulla Bin Hamdd As Saleh, a passenger for
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.
P.T.O.