Statutory limits on provisional attachment require bank accounts to be defrozen when the permitted attachment period expires.

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....Section 110(5) of the Customs Act limits provisional attachment of a bank account to six months, with only one further extension of up to six months based on written reasons communicated before the original period expires. A show-cause notice or pending adjudication cannot independently prolong attachment beyond that statutory maximum. Once the period ends, the attachment ceases by efflux of time and cannot be continued through administrative action. Continued freezing without statutory authority requires defreezing of the account, without limiting any other action permitted by law.....