Section 156:
General power to make rules.
(1) Without prejudice to any power to make rules contained
elsewhere in this Act, the Central Government may make rules consistent with this Act generally to carry
out the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
1[(a) the manner of determining the transaction value of the imported goods and export goods
under sub-section (1) of section 14;]
(b) the conditions subject to which accessories of, and spare parts and maintenance and repairing
implements for, any article shall be chargeable at the same rate of duty as that article;
2[(c) the due date and the manner of making deferred payment of duties, taxes, cesses or any other
charges under sections 47 and 51.]
(d) the detention and confiscation of goods the importation of which is prohibited and the
conditions, if any, to be fulfilled before such detention and confiscation and the information, notices
and security to be given and the evidence requisite for the purposes of such detention or confiscation
and the mode of verification of such evidence;
(e) the reimbursement by an informant to any public officer of all expenses and damages incurred
in respect of any detention of any goods made on his information and of any proceedings consequent
on such detention;
(f) the information required in respect of any goods mentioned in a shipping bill or bill of export
which are not exported or which are exported and are afterwards re-landed;
3[(g) the publication, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, of names and other
particulars of persons who have been found guilty of contravention of any of the provisions of this
Act or the rules.]
4[(h) the amount to be paid 5[for compounding and the manner of compounding] under
sub-section (3) of section 137.]6[(i) the form, time limit, manner, circumstances, conditions, restrictions and such other matters
for carrying out the provisions of Chapter VAA.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 22 of 2007, s. 113, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 10-10-2007) vide Notification No. 93/2007-Cus. (N.T.), dated
10-9-2007.
2. Ins. by Act 28 of 2016, s. 138 (w.e.f. 14-5-2016).
3. Added by Act 36 of 1973, s. 12 (w.e.f. 1-9-1973).
4. Ins. by Act 23 of 2004, s. 73 (w.e.f. 10-9-2004).
5. Subs. by Act 33 of 2009, s. 90, for "for compounding" (w.e.f. 19-8-2009).6. Ins. by Act 12 of 2020, s. 114 (w.e.f. 27-3-2020).