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Issues: Whether penalty and forfeiture imposed on the customs broker for alleged failure to supervise its employee and for contravention of the customs broker regulations were sustainable when the employee's act on behalf of the broker was not established and the enquiry report had exonerated the broker.
Analysis: The proceedings originated from an earlier offence report in which the present appellant was not a noticee and the material did not show that the employee concerned acted on behalf of the appellant in the impugned export transactions. The earlier proceedings also did not clearly establish the employee's role so as to fasten responsibility on the appellant. The allegation that the appellant had failed to cancel the H-pass was found to be factually incorrect on the basis of the enquiry record, which verified the appellant's request to cancel the H-pass. In the absence of proof that the employee acted for the appellant, and in view of the enquiry report absolving the customs broker, the charge of contravention was not made out.
Conclusion: The penalty and forfeiture could not be sustained and were set aside.
Ratio Decidendi: A customs broker cannot be penalized for alleged regulatory breach unless the employee's act on its behalf and the broker's own failure to supervise are proved by reliable material.
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