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Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations 2018

Courtesy/By: Shruti Saha  |  08 Sep 2021     Views:527

The Calcutta High Court has held that no provision of the Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 or the Customs Act confer power upon the Commissioner of Customs to waive compliance with formalities under Regulation 16 (1) & (2) of the Regulations when suspending a customs broker’s license (M/S. M.K. Saha and Co. vs. Union of India).

Single-judge Justice Md. Nizamuddin said that no provision provides for an “automatic” or “deemed suspension” of a broker’s license and such suspension, if done without any formal order of suspension of a license under the Regulations, would amount to an infringement of the right to livelihood.

Justice Nizamuddin also considered the validity of an additional order of suspension in the exercise of the power of rectification under Section 154 of the Customs Act after passing of an original adjudication order imposing a penalty and forfeiture of security deposit. Responding to this question, the Court held that the Commissioner of Customs cannot insert additional punishment of suspension of broker’s license by way of corrigendum citing clerical, arithmetical, or typographical mistake since the additional punishment would amount to substantial alteration in the original order. The order was passed on a plea challenging an order suspending the license of the petitioner, a customs broker. The petitioner, a partnership firm holding a customs broker license valid up to May 23, 2026, was proceeded against under Section 17 of the Customs Broker Licensing Regulations 2018.It culminated in an adjudication order dated March 3, 2021, imposing a penalty of ?50,000 and forfeiture of security deposit furnished by the petitioner at the time of grant of the customs broker license however, the challenge arose when the petitioner, on March 18, 2021, came to know of an “alert” in the system notifying the suspension of its license. It was argued that such suspension amounted to an infringement of petitioners’ right to livelihood and right to carry on its business.

The petitioner made a representation against the suspension before the respondent but did not receive any response prompting the present petition. The petitioner contended that the action of issuance of alert and “suspension” of the license of the petitioner in the Customs EDI system was in total departure and violation of the due process of the law envisaged under Customs Act, 1962 and Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and it amounted to infringement of petitioners’ right to livelihood and right to carry on its business. The Court in its judgment held that the action of the respondent customs authority suspending the customs broker license of the petitioner infringing the petitioner’s right to livelihood is penal in nature and is without any authority of law and is without jurisdiction since the customs authority has failed to show any document of a formal order of suspension of customs broker license under Regulation 16 of Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 or that criteria and formalities of Regulation 16 (1) & (2) were fulfilled.

The Court ruled that Regulation 18 (3) of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018 and no other provisions of the said Regulations or the Customs Act does confer any power upon the Commissioner of Customs to waive or dispense with the fulfillment of criteria and compliance of formalities under Regulation 16 (1) & (2) of the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations, 2018, for suspending Customs Broker license of the petitioner. The Court in its judgment also discussed whether the term “security deposit” has the same nature and character as of “duty” or “penalty” The judgment ruled since “Duty” is levied on dutiable goods and is an actually indirect tax imposed by the government on the importation or exportation of goods or commodities and “Penalty” arises out of violation or breach of any provision of law and both arise out of an adjudication proceeding while “Security Deposit” is a condition precedent for granting Customs Broker Licence irrespective of any transaction or adjudication or inquiry proceeding.

The final question adjudicated by the High Court was whether a pre-deposit of the amount of penalty imposed in adjudication order while filing an appeal before the tribunal against the original adjudication order would amount to automatic revocation or stay of the order of forfeiture of security deposit. The judge held mere filing of Appeal before the Customs Tribunal by making pre-deposit of a certain percentage of “Penalty”, “Interest” or “Demand” raised in an adjudication proceeding would not amount to automatic stay or revocation of the order of forfeiture of security deposit unless there is any specific order of stay or revocation of the order of forfeiture.

 


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Courtesy/By: Shruti Saha  |  08 Sep 2021     Views:527

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