 the sea customs (amendment) bill, 1956(as introducbd in lolt sabha)  tile sea customs (amendment) bill, 1956 (as introduced in lok sabra) a b~further to amend the sea cti8toms act, 1878 be it enacted by parliament in the seventh year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called -the sea customs (amendment) act, shon tide 1956 s 2 in section 3 of the sea customs act, 1878 (hereinafter referred ~ to as the principal act), after clause (g), the following clause shall n 3 be inserted, namely:-"(gg) 'indian customs waters' means the waters extending into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured 10 from the appropriate base line on the coast of india;" 3 after section 52 of the principal act, the following section shalllnaertion of be inserted, namely:-via chapter  "chapter via prohibition of entry of vessels constructed, etc, for concealing goodsis 52a no vessel constructed, adapted, altered or fitted for the prohibition purpose of concealing goods shall enter, or be within, the limits ~!~~:nof any port in india, or the indian customs waters itructed, etc, for ~ncea1-idgoods  " in the schedule to section 167 of the principal aet,-(4) after item 3, the following item aha1l be inserted ~ly:-"]a if ady part of the carro of i yellel geael'll il throwd over board or i ltaved or destroyed 10 ii to prevent ita examinltion or llwful seizure by illy officer of cultoma or other perlon duly employed for the prevention of wilii-lidl- sucheaael ihill be liable to codfllcatioa , ilid the diiiter of web vellel ihili be liable to i penal" not exc:cedinl qne thoullnd rupee"; ea) while the vellel il within the indiljl cultoma wateri, or (6) where the veuel hiving been properly lummoned while within iuch waten, to brin, to by iny lhip in the tertice of the central goyerdtnent, faiia to do 10 ijid chile ilgiven, it ady time durin, the chile (b) for item 4, the following item iha1l be auttituted, ~ jwnely:-such velel lhall be liable to confiacltion ind the malter of weh venel ihlu be ulble  to i penllty not ex-'" ceeding ono thoulind rupee" "4 if iny vellel which h'ii been within ii ind the limitl olany port in india or within general the indiln cultoma waten, with cargo on boezd, be ifterwardl found elte-  where in lueb wlten or in iny port, bay, river, creek or irm of the lei in india, (i) u,ht or in badlit or ci,') with iny part of lueh carao milling, ijid the mllter of the velel is unable to live due iiccou1jt of how the veuel came to be light or in bal-_ or or the millin, cargo (c) after item 12, the following item hall be inserted, lwde1y:-"i2a if i vealel constructed dapted, al-,2\ tered or fitted for the purpose of cod-ceahn' goods, enters or i wtthin the uraftl of in)' port in inciil, or within the inctjan cuitodll waterl such vettel iblu be liable to confiacation and tbe mllter of sucb vet'lel lhall be liable to 40 - penalty not exceeding  one tbouind rupee i" ; (d) after item 7813, the following item shall be fdierte4, namely:-"76c if, uve for good and lumcient au ie, 171 such vellel ihan be it any velael having been properly lum-;1 moned to brin, to, in the manner provided in 'ection 171, fail' ,0 to do liable to confilcltj,n and the malter or iudi velsel ihan be hable to a penalty q~ nceedfn, one thouaand rupeea" 5 in section 169 and in sub-section (1) of section 170a of the amenddmat principal act, after the words "any port in india", the words "or:~ se:ll' 10 within the indian customs waters" shall be inserted 170 a s for section 171 of the principal act, the following leetion aball ofsubltitdtien new secbe substituted, namely:-tion for 1ec-tion 171 "171 (1) any duly empowered officer of customs or other poweraof is person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling may, ~~ for the purpose of ascertaining whether any breach of this act ~n~nd or any other law relating to customs has been is being or is ::b!:r likely to be, committed,-- (a) stop and board any velsel in india or within the indian customs waters and examine and search such veue! and every part thereof and every trunk, package or cargo on board and may inspect and examine the manifest and other documents and papers; (b) stop and search any cart or other means of conveyance at any place in india 25 (2) where in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (a) of sub-section (1), it becomes necessary to stop an,-vessel, it shall be lawful for any ship in the service of the - central government while flying her proper ensign, to summon such vessel, under the direction of any such officer or person as 30 is referred to in that sub-section, by means of an international signal code or other recognised means, and thereupon such vessel shall forthwith bring to, and if it fails to do so, chase may  be given to the vessel by any such ship as aforesaid, and if after a gun is fired, the vessel still fails to bring to, the vessel 35 may be fired upon by such ship" 7 in section 173 and in section 176 of the principal act, for the :r=n~t words "either upon land or water", the words "in india either upon 173sc:!t°~ land or water, or within the indian customs waters" shall be substituted  statement of objects and reasonsinternational law and practice recognize the right of a maritime state to exercise, on the high seas adjacent to its territorial waters, and within twelve miles from its coast, the control necessary to prevent and punish the infringement of its customs regulations the existing customs laws of india do not provide for any such control the bill seeks to remedy this defect, and to confer upon the customs authorities certain powers necessary to exercise this control over vessels within a distance of twelve miles from the indian coast line t t krishnamachari new delhi, the 30th not)ember, 1956 ,    annexure extracts from the sea customs act, 1878 (8 of 1878) • chapter xvi offences, and penalties167 the offences mentioned in the first col~ of ~e following r::r=~ schedule shall be punishable to the extent mentloned m the third column of the same with reference to such offences l'espectively:-  chapter xvii procedure relating to offences, ,appeals, etcii any officer of customs duly employed in the prevention of power to smuggling may search any person on board of any vessel in any port ~:ble in india or any person who has landed from any vessel: uapiclon provided that such officer has reason to believe that such person has dutiable or prohibited goods secreted about his person  - - - - - - 170a (1) where any officer of customs duly employed in the power to prevention of smuggling "has reason to believe that any person on ;reen b!cu board of any vessel in any port in india or any person who has oi~ ea landed from any vessel has any dutiable, or prohibited goods secreted for d~inl inside his body, such officer of customs may detain such person and ~:d produce him without unnecessary delay before the nearest magistrate power to itop vessel, carts, etc, and learch (or goods on reasonable supicion 171 any duly empowered officer of cunoms or other person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling, may stop and search for smuggled goods any vessel, cart or other means of conveyance; pro~ded that he has reason to believe that smuggled goods are contained therein  - - - - - penons realonabl, 'suspected may be arrelted 173 any person against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has been guilty of an offence under this act may be arrested in a11y place, either upon land or water, by any officer of customs or other person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling  - - - - - seizure o( thinp liable to confiscation 178 any thing liable to confiscation under this act may be seized in any place, either upon land or water, by any officer of customs or other person duly employed for the prevention of smuggling - - - - - a bill funher to amend the sea customs act, 1878 (shri t t krishnamachari, minister of finance 