Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs vide notification dated 18.07.2023 has issued clarification regarding Suspension of License of Customs Broker. The Commissioner of Customs may, in appropriate cases where immediate action is necessary, suspend the license of a customs broker, where the enquiry against such customs broker is pending or contemplated.
Since this power is specified to be exercised in specified circumstances, that is, the appropriate cases where immediate action is necessary, it indicates that suspension is not visualized for application in a manner routine or mechanical or in every case. This aspect is to be kept in view by the Commissioner of Customs in the course of considering a proposal to suspend the license of a customs broker.
