Recently the Central Board of Excise and Customs issued a circular, Circular No. 4/2004 dt. 16-01-2004 [2004 (163) ELT T29], saying that conversion of Shipping Bills from free Shipping Bill to drawback Shipping Bill or from one export incentive scheme to other should not be encouraged. The said circular imposes conditions which have made it almost impossible to attain such conversion. In this context, the present paper seeks to examine the relevant legal provision for..
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