(2) The Chief Customs-authority may make rules for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section and in particular, such rules may provide for
- (a) the authority by which a licence may be granted under this section and the period of validity of any such licence;
- (b) the form of the licence and the fees payable therefor;
- (c) the qualifications of persons who may apply for a licence;
- (d) the restrictions and conditions (including the furnishing of a security by the licensee for his faithful behaviour as regards the custom-house regulations and officers) subject to which a licence may be granted;
- (e) the circumstances in which a licence may be suspended or revoked; and
- (f) the appeals, if any, against an order or suspension or revocation of a licence, and the period within which such appeals shall be filed.".
THE UNTOUCHABILITY (OFFENCES) ACT, 1955
Act No. 22 of 1955
An Act to prescribe punishment for the practice of “Untouchability", for the enforcement of any disability arising therefrom and for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
Short title, extent and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Untouchability (Offences) Act, 1955.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint:
Definitions. 2. In this Act; unless the context otherwise requires,—
- (a) 'hotel' includes a refreshment room, a boarding house, a lodging house, a coffee house and a cafe;
- (b) 'place includes a house, a building, a tent, and a vessel;
- ↑ 1st June, 1955, vide Notification No. S.R.O. 1109, dt. 23-5-55, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1955 Pt. II, Section 3, p. 971.
