Person chargeable with duty must be the importer at importation; subsequent purchasers cannot be held liable where beneficial owner rules did not appl...
Prohibited importation of cosmetics without prior regulatory registration attracts seizure and confiscation; warehousing or re export claims do not cu...
Provisional release on security permitted where cash deposit plus bond secures differential duty; classification and treaty benefits referred for deci...
Customs Valuation Rule Sequence must be followed; single-comparator re-determination and penalties set aside without comparability or proof of mis-dec...
The text addresses whether delegated trade restrictions take effect only upon Gazette publication and whether transitional protection in para 1.05(b) of the Foreign Trade Policy applies. It reasons that law must be published to exist and that strict compliance with Gazette publication is a condition precedent to enforceability of delegated legislation, with the consequence that the Notification became operative only on its Gazette publication date. It further concludes that transitional protection applies to import transactions (irrevocable letters of credit) opened before that publication date, with the consequence that the introduced market intervention price could not be applied to those imports.
The text addresses whether delegated trade restrictions take effect only upon Gazette publication and whether transitional protection in para 1.05(b) of the Foreign Trade Policy applies. It reasons that law must be published to exist and that strict compliance with Gazette publication is a condition precedent to enforceability of delegated legislation, with the consequence that the Notification became operative only on its Gazette publication date. It further concludes that transitional protection applies to import transactions (irrevocable letters of credit) opened before that publication date, with the consequence that the introduced market intervention price could not be applied to those imports.
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