Offences by Customs officers

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....n 136 of the Customs Act, 1962: (1) If any officer of customs enters into or acquiesces in any agreement to do, abstains from doing, permits, conceals or connives at any act or thing, whereby any fraudulent export is effected or any duty of customs leviable on any goods, or any prohibition for the time being in force under this Act or any other law for the time being in force with respect to any....

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....may extend to 6 months, or with fine which may extend to Rs.1,000/-, or with both; or (c) if any officer of customs, searches or authorizes any other officer of customs to search any place without having reason to believe that any goods, documents, or things of the nature referred to in Section 105 of the said Act are secreted in that place, he may be punishable with imprisonment for a term whic....