MULTAN: Additional Collector Customs Adjudication directed Anti-smuggling Organization (ASO) and Customs Intelligence and Investigation (I&I) for accurate assessment in customs seizure cases.
Additional Collector Customs Adjudication Muhammad Talib directed Deputy Director Customs Intelligence and Investigation Abdul Mueed Kanjoo and Deputy Collector Saad Ata Rabbani through official letter that he found flaws in the seizing cases at the time of adjudication. Assessment of seizure cases is made under Section 25 of the Customs Act 1969 of appraising staff of customs.
The adjudicating authority is exercising the power of adjudication any seizure within pecuniary limit. Additional collector has also observed that the value, duty and taxes involved seizure cases were reported by seizing officer himself without any assessment by the appraisement staff in customs dry port Multan. Additional collector found that there was remarkable difference in duty and taxes reported by detecting agency in various seizure cases. While additional collector have observed the value of same vehicles and goods seized by detecting agency in different seizure cases changed.
Additional Collector Customs Adjudication directed detecting agency that all seizure cases should be framed after proper assessment of appraisement staff at Multan Customs Dry Port in respect of duty and taxes involved in seizure for future. It will also assist customs adjudication in trial of any seizure case after its exact assessment.
It is important to mention that Customs Adjudication send any seizure case which involves duty taxes up to one million to deputy collector, seizure cases which involves more than one million and less than three million duty taxes forwarded to additional collector and more than three million duty taxes seizure case send to collector for adjudication.
