53. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 103, and shall have effect as sections 103A and 103B of the principal enactment :
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| | (1) The Collector may, with the approval of the Minister, by order made from time to time, for such periods and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, establish Container freight stations, and Inland clearance depots for the purposes of this Ordinance. | | |
| | (2) The Collector may prescribe having regard to the nature and value of the goods to be stored therein the amount of security to be furnished by the owner of a Container freight station or Inland clearance depot established under this section. | | |
| | (3) The Collector may, with similar approval and subject to the terms and conditions referred to in subsection (1), at any time for reasonable cause revoke any order made under subsection (1) or vary the terms and conditions of any such order. | | |
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| 103B.
| | (1) The Minister may make regulations relating to (a) documentation, storage, movement, examination, sealing, security and all other matters pertaining to containers, containerized cargo and cargo intended for containerization ; (b) the amount of security to be furnished by persons engaged in the transport of containers, containerized cargo, and cargo intended for containerization. | | |
| | (2) If any person contravenes or fails to comply with any regulations made under subsection (1) or any requirement imposed by or under such regulations, that person and the person for the time being in charge of the goods shall in each case forfeit either treble the value of the goods or be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees at the election of the Collector. | | |
| | (3) All other provisions of this Ordinance and the rules and regulations made there under in regard to the landing and clearance inwards or shipment and clearance outwards of cargo, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to containers, containerized cargo and cargo in tended for containerization.". | | |
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