Commissioner, no claim for compensation shall lie for any loss or damage caused by any exercise of the power conferred by this section.

Second-hand clothing and bedding not to be brought into

2[Brihan Mumbai] without informing Commissioner and getting them inspected.— (1) Every person who brings or causes to be brought by sea into

3[Brihan Mumbai] any article of used or second-hand clothing or bedding which does

not form part of a passenger’s baggage shall, within twenty-four hours of the bringing of such article

into

4[Brihan Mumbai] give to the Commissioner notice in writing, containing full particulars as to the nature and condition of the said article and the place from which it is brought, and take it for inspection to the place prescribed under sub-section (5) for the inspection of such articles. If no such place has been prescribed, the notice shall also state the place where the said article may be inspected.

1. (2) The Commissioner shall examine the said article and, if he is of opinion that it is not free from infection, he may direct that it shall be adequately disinfected within such period, in such manner and by such agency, as he may determine.
2. (3) If the Commissioner is satisfied that the said article is free from infection or that it has been adequately disinfected, he shall give a certificate to that effect.
3. (4) No person shall deal with or remove or dispose of the said article otherwise than in accordance with a direction of the Commissioner or an officer of the Customs until a certificate under sub-section
4. (3) has been given in respect thereof.
5. (5) The Commissioner may, in consultation with the Collector of Customs and the Trustee of the Port of Bombay prescribe or appoint from time to time a place or places at which any article of the nature described in sub-section (1) may be inspected.
6. (6) The Commissioner may from time to time, with the approval of the standing committee, prescribe a fee to be paid for the inspection of any article of the nature described in sub-section (1) and for the giving of a certificate under sub-section (3) and, where any article is disinfected by municipal agency, or the disinfection thereof.
7. (7) Where a person contravening any provision of this section is a company or other body corporate or an association of persons (whether incorporated or not), every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary, agent or other officer or person concerned with the management thereof shall, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent, be liable to the punishment provided for the offence.
8. (8) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to any articles of used or second-hand clothing or bedding contained in bale which is taken direct from the docks to a railway station 5[Brihan Mumbai] for export to and disposal at a place outside and beyond the limits of 6[Brihan Mumbai]. Explanation.— For the purpose of this section a passenger’s baggage shall mean such goods as are determined to be his baggage in actual use under section 24 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878 (VIII of 1878).] This section was inserted by Bom. 76 of 1948, s. 27. These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule.

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