Provisions with respect to rules and regulations [Section 158] :

All rules and regulations made under this Act shall be published in the Official Gazette.

Any rule or regulation which the Central Government or the Board is empowered to make under this Act may provide –

(i) for the levy of fees in respect of applications, amendment of documents, furnishing of duplicates of documents, issue of certificates, and supply of statistics, and for rendering of any services by officers of customs under this Act;

(ii) that any person who contravenes any provision of a rule or regulation or abets such contravention or who fails to comply with any provision of a rule or regulation with which it was his duty to comply, shall be liable to a penalty which may extend to ` 50,000.