https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162901 Preventive detention may rest on a single attempted illegal export of currency where the surrounding circumstances show planned concealment and a reasonable likelihood of repetition, so the detention order was sustained. The availability of prosecution under customs law does not by itself bar preventive detention where the detaining authority considers the material and concludes that prosecution may not prevent further prejudicial conduct, so the order remained valid. The governing principle is that detention depends on a forward-looking assessment of future misconduct, not on the mere existence of an alternative criminal remedy. en-us Fri, 26 Mar 1982 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Aug 2014 13:17:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162901 Preventive detention may rest on a single attempted illegal export of currency where the surrounding circumstances show planned concealment and a reasonable likelihood of repetition, so the detention order was sustained. The availability of prosecution under customs law does not by itself bar preventive detention where the detaining authority considers the material and concludes that prosecution may not prevent further prejudicial conduct, so the order remained valid. The governing principle is that detention depends on a forward-looking assessment of future misconduct, not on the mere existence of an alternative criminal remedy. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 26 Mar 1982 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=162901