Import/export prohibitions: statutory designation of prohibited goods triggers seizure and regulatory enforcement at the border. Restrictions and prohibitions on import and export are enforced under the Customs Act, 1962 and allied laws: goods contravening statutory prohibitions or sectoral requirements are treated as prohibited goods and may be confiscated or penalised. Customs implements sectoral controls-food safety (PFA/FSSA), plant and animal quarantine (DIP Act, Plant Quarantine Order, Livestock Importation Act), drugs and hazardous substances-through mandatory permits, certificates, risk based sampling and testing, labelling and designated points of entry, with prescribed detention, re export or destruction where non compliance is found.