Customs Act, 1962 · Chapter XII: Provisions Relating to Coastal Goods and Vessels Carrying Coastal Goods
Section 98A: Power to relax
If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt generally, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification, coastal goods or vessels carrying coastal goods from all or any of the provisions of this Chapter.]
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Supreme Court judgments citing the section 98A
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