Section 58 of The Customs Act 1962-LICENSING OF PRIVATE WAREHOUSES

Section 58 of The Customs Act 1962-LICENSING OF PRIVATE WAREHOUSES:

(1) At any warehousing station, the Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] may license private warehouses wherein dutiable goods imported by or on behalf of the licensee, or any other imported goods in respect of which facilities for deposit in a public warehouse are not available, may be deposited.

(2) The Assistant Commissioner of Customs or Deputy Commissioner of Customs] may cancel a licence granted under sub-section (1)—

(a) by giving one month's notice in writing to the licensee; or

(b) if the licensee has contravened any provision of this Act or the rules or regulations or committed breach of any of the conditions of the licence:

Provided that before any licence is cancelled under clause (b), the licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) Pending an enquiry whether a licence granted under sub-section (1) should be cancelled under clause (b) of sub-section (2), the Assistant Commissioner of Customs may suspend the licence.