Licensing of Private Warehouses [Section 58]:

The provisions with respect to licensing of private warehouses are discussed below –

(1) At any warehousing station, the Assistant Commissioner of customs or the Deputy Commissioner of Customs may license private warehouses, wherein dutiable goods imported by or on behalf of the licensee, or any other imported goods in respect of which facilities for deposit in a public warehouse are not available, may be deposited.

(2) The Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs may cancel a license granted under sub-section (1)

(a) by giving one month‟s notice, in writing to the licensee; or

(b) if the licensee has contravened any provision of this Act or the rules or regulations or committed breach of any of the conditions of the license;

However, before any licence is cancelled under clause (b), the licensee shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

(3) Pending an enquiry whether a licence granted under sub-section (1) should be cancelled under clause(b) of sub-section (2) the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner may suspend the license.