https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=54432 A Customs House Agent was found not liable where the shipping bills were signed by the exporter and the record did not show engagement without authority, so authorisation under the CHALR was treated as satisfied. Liability under the non-reporting obligation also failed because, after the discrepancy in the goods was detected, the shipping bills were cancelled and no further duty to report in the manner alleged survived. A vagueness objection succeeded on the third charge because the notice did not identify the specific documents or the order said to have been violated, and such a fact-specific allegation had to be precise. The forfeiture order was therefore set aside. en-us Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:19:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=54432 A Customs House Agent was found not liable where the shipping bills were signed by the exporter and the record did not show engagement without authority, so authorisation under the CHALR was treated as satisfied. Liability under the non-reporting obligation also failed because, after the discrepancy in the goods was detected, the shipping bills were cancelled and no further duty to report in the manner alleged survived. A vagueness objection succeeded on the third charge because the notice did not identify the specific documents or the order said to have been violated, and such a fact-specific allegation had to be precise. The forfeiture order was therefore set aside. Case-Laws Customs Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=54432