Customs Act, 1962 › Chapter IVA — Detection of illegally imported goods and prevention of the disposal thereof
Section 11D. Precautions to be taken by persons acquiring notified goods
Customs Act, 1962
Bare Act
Precautions to be taken by persons acquiring notified goods. — No person shall acquire (except by gift or succession, from any other individual in India), after the notified date, any notified goods -
(i) unless such goods are accompanied by, -
(a) the voucher referred to in section 11F or the memorandum referred to in sub-section (2) of section 11G, as the case may be, or
(b) in the case of a person who has himself imported any goods, any evidence showing clearance of such goods by the Customs Authorities; and
(ii) unless he has taken, before acquiring such goods from a person other than a dealer having a fixed place of business, such reasonable steps as may be specified by rules made in this behalf, to ensure that the goods so acquired by him are not goods which have been illegally imported.
Judgments on Section 11D
- M/S. Hindustan Petroleum Corpn. Ltd vs Commissioner Of Central Excise — CESTAT, 7 Feb 2012. Imported customs duty paid goods are 'excisable goods' under Section 11D(1) of the Central Excise Act, but the amount collected as duty thereon is recoverable only from the manufacturer/producer or the importer under…