Revocation of Detention Order in Gold Smuggling Cases

Section 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPSA), 1974 confers power to Central Government, State Government, Officer appointed by the Central Government in this behalf but such officer shall not be below the rank of the Joint Secretary to detain any person to prevent him from smuggling goods, or abetting the smuggling of goods, or indulging in concealing or keeping or transporting smuggled goods, or dealing in, smuggled gold otherwise than by engaging in keeping or concealing transporting smuggled goods, or harboring persons engaged in abetting the smuggling of goods or in smuggling goods. Read more