LawgistThe Customs Act
107Power to examine persons
Any officer of customs empowered in this behalf by general or special order of the 1[Principal Commissioner of Customs or Commissioner of Customs] may, during the course of any enquiry in connection with the smuggling of any goods,--
(a) require any person to produce or deliver any document or thing relevant to the enquiry;
(b) examine any person acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case.
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1. Subs. by Act 25 of 2014, s. 78, for "Commissioner of Customs" (w.e.f. 6-8-2014).
SEARCHES, SEIZURE AND ARREST
- 100 Power to search suspected persons entering or leaving India, etc
- 101 Power to search suspected persons in certain other cases
- 102 Persons to be searched may require to be taken before gazetted officer of customs or magistrate
- 103 Power to screen or X-ray bodies of suspected persons for detecting secreted goods
- 104 Power to arrest
- 105 Power to search premises
- 106 Power to stop and search conveyances
- 106A Power to inspect
- 107 Power to examine persons
- 108 Power to summon persons to give evidence and produce documents
- 108A Obligation to furnish informatio
- 108B Penalty for failure to furnish information return
- 109 Power to require production of order permitting clearance of goods imported by land
- 109A Power to undertake controlled delivery
- 110 Seizure of goods, documents and things
- 110A Provisional release of goods, documents and things seized pending adjudication
