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Section 135B: Power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., of persons convicted under the Act.

The Customs Act, 1962Central Act · Act 52 of 1962

[135B. Power of court to publish name, place of business, etc., of persons convicted under the Act.--(1) Where any person is convicted under this Act for contravention of any of the provisions thereof, it shall be competent for the court convicting the person to cause the name and place of business or residence of such person, nature of the contravention, the fact that the person has been so convicted and such other particulars as the court may consider to be appropriate in the circumstances of the case, to be published at the expense of such person in such newspapers or in such manner as the court may direct.

(2) No publication under sub-section (1) shall be made until the period for preferring an appeal against the orders of the court has expired without any appeal having been preferred, or such an appeal, having been preferred, has been disposed of.

(3) The expenses of any publication under sub-section (1) shall be recoverable from the convicted person as if it were a fine imposed by the court.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Customs Act, 1962
Section135B
Marginal notePower of court to publish name, place of business, etc., of persons convicted under the Act.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • inserted, Act 36 of 1973. . Ins. by Act 36 of 1973, s. 6 (w.e.f. 1-9-1973).

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