(2) The Director-General may orally issue an order on
where the examination of imported and exported goods shall take
place and the procedure for such examination, and may force the
construction of and the approval for the construction of a godown
or place of security as the place for the examination and storage of
uncleared goods. All such godowns and places of security shall be
provided with a proper office and with proper fence and gate to the
satisfaction of the Director-General. All gates and doors shall be
secured by the Government’s lock and key, the key of which shall
be kept at the Customs House. Any person who unlawfully removes
such locks or furtively enters into such godown or place of security
shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months
or a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand Bath or both the fine
and imprisonment;10
(3) If a trader or an owner or a guardian of a quay,
godown, or place of security suffers damage by reason of the
Government’s lock not being opened at the proper time for the
commencement of work (the commencement of the official day, the
commencement of an overtime under an official permit), the
Customs Department shall be liable to compensate such trader,
owner, or guardian in an amount of not exceeding the actual
damage;
(4) No uncleared goods shall be transferred, bulked,
sorted, lotted, packed or repacked on any quay or godown except
with the permission and under the supervision of an official;
(5) The official supervising any quay or godown may
order the transfer of uncleared goods to a godown or enclosed place
of security whenever possible and necessary for the protection of
state revenue interests. No uncleared goods shall be left in any
open part of a quay where, in the opinion of the Director-General,
the Customs Department may not be able to protect them
sufficiently;