https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80026 A public religious institution that lawfully received primary gold as offerings and dealt with it under the special Gold Control regime could not have the gold confiscated under that Act, because statutory protection attached once the prescribed manner of receipt and disposal was followed. The same gold remained independently liable to confiscation under the Customs Act where foreign markings created a basis to treat it as smuggled, but redemption on payment of a nominal fine was permitted on the facts. Service of notice on the Chairman and Executive Officer was treated as sufficient, and the absence of a separate notice to the Board of Trustees was only a technical irregularity. en-us Fri, 28 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:57:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80026 A public religious institution that lawfully received primary gold as offerings and dealt with it under the special Gold Control regime could not have the gold confiscated under that Act, because statutory protection attached once the prescribed manner of receipt and disposal was followed. The same gold remained independently liable to confiscation under the Customs Act where foreign markings created a basis to treat it as smuggled, but redemption on payment of a nominal fine was permitted on the facts. Service of notice on the Chairman and Executive Officer was treated as sufficient, and the absence of a separate notice to the Board of Trustees was only a technical irregularity. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 28 Apr 1989 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=80026