Bailability of customs offences clarified: most customs offences are bailable while serious offences remain cognizable. Amendment substitutes section 104 to grant customs officers, when arresting a person for non serious offences, the same powers as a police station officer in charge for release and bail; it makes all customs offences bailable and non cognizable except specified serious offences, which remain cognizable, and provides that these rules apply notwithstanding the Code of Criminal Procedure, effective on assent.
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Bailability of customs offences clarified: most customs offences are bailable while serious offences remain cognizable.
Amendment substitutes section 104 to grant customs officers, when arresting a person for non serious offences, the same powers as a police station officer in charge for release and bail; it makes all customs offences bailable and non cognizable except specified serious offences, which remain cognizable, and provides that these rules apply notwithstanding the Code of Criminal Procedure, effective on assent.
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