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Section 131C of the Customs Act - Definitions

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Last Updated: 09-09-2026

131C. Definitions. -

In this Chapter -

(a) "appointed day" means the date of coming into force of the amendments to this Act specified in Part I of the Fifth Schedule to the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980 (44 of 1980);

(b) "High Court" means, -

(i) in relation to any State, the High Court for that State;

(ii) in relation to a Union territory to which the jurisdiction of the High Court of a State has been extended by law, that High Court;

(iii) in relation to the Union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and [1][Daman and Diu], the High Court at Bombay;

(iv) in relation to any other Union territory, the highest court of civil appeal for that territory other than the Supreme Court of India;

(c) "President" means the President of the Appellate Tribunal.

 

[1] Substituted (w.e.f. 30-5-1987) by s. 5 of Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987 (18 of 1987).