Section-122 ADJUDICATION OF CONFISCATIONS AND PENALTIES

Section-122 ADJUDICATION OF CONFISCATIONS AND PENALTIES. –

In every case under this Chapter in which anything is liable to confiscation or any person is liable to a penalty, such confiscation or penalty may be adjudged, -

(a) without limit, by a Commissioner of Customs or a Deputy Commissioner of Customs;

(b) where the value of the goods liable to confiscation does not exceed fifty thousand rupees, by an Assistant Commissioner of Customs ;

(c) where the value of the goods liable to confiscation does not exceed two thousand five hundred rupees, by a Gazetted Officer of Customs lower in rank than an Assistant Commissioner of Customs.