Rule 3 - Establishment of Consumer Welfare Fund - Consumer Welfare Fund Rules, 1992

3. Establishment of Consumer Welfare Fund :- There shall be established a Consumer Welfare Fund with the Central Government into which credits of amounts of duty and income from investment along with other monies specified in sub-section (2) of section 12C of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) shall be accredited. Provided that any amount having been credited to the Fund is ordered or directed as payable to any claimant by orders of proper officer, appellate authority or court, shall be paid from the Fund.