I am directed to invite your attention to the Board’s Circular No. 28/2003-Cus, dated 24.5.2003, on the above mentioned subject. It was clarified that collection of tax revenues is governed by Central Government Accounts (Receipt & Payment) Rules , 1983, and as per the rule 20 of the same , government dues shall be deemed to have been paid in the case of cheques and drafts tendered to the bank on the date on which it is cleared and entered into the receipts scroll.
I am directed to say that the Board has decided to review the Power of Adjudication of the Central Excise officers and the monetary limit prescribed under Section 33 and Section 11A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 with the objective of expeditious adjudication of cases. For this purpose, the Board has decided to prescribe the uniform monetary limit to different categories of officers for the purpose of deciding the competence of adjudication of cases without differentiating whether or not cases involve fraud
I am directed to refer to notification No. 13/2003-CE(NT) dated 1.3.2003 vide which CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002 were amended inter alia to provide for utilization of credit of Additional Duty of Excise leviable under Additional Excise Duty (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957{AED(GSI)} for payment of CENVAT duty. Subsequently, Board had issued a circular No. 700/16/2003-CX dated 6thMarch, 2003
grant immunity subject to the provisions contained in the Scheme from instituting and proceeding for prosecution for any offence under the Act, or from the imposition of penalty under the Act for the time being in force in respect of matters covered in the aforesaid declaration made by the declarant.
The applicant may apply for EPCG license wherein duty saved amount is upto Rs. 50 crores to the Regional Licensing Authority (RLA) on the basis of self-declaration subject to final fixation of nexus by the RLA. The applicant shall give an undertaking that in case the RLA subsequently disallows the Capital Goods including jigs, fixtures, dies, moulds and spares, the license holder shall pay customs duty as applicable together with 15% interest on such goods.
The words “National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.”, “NSE” and other references, such as, web-site, etc., need to be suitably replaced by the respective stock exchanges while preparing their own risk disclosure document.
This circular is being issued in exercise of powers conferred by section 11 (1) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, read with section 10 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956
Companies have been issuing debt securities on private placement basis from time to time. In order to provide greater transparency to such issuances and to protect the interest of investors in such securities, it has been decided that any listed company making issue of debt securities on a private placement basis and listed on a stock exchange shall be required to comply with the following:-
offer interest on fixed and recurring deposits not exceeding the maximum rate of interest prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India that the Non Banking Financial Companies can pay on their public deposits;”
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 58A read with section 642 of the Companies Act, 1956 ( 1 of 1956), the Central Government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 1975,
