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TMI BlogSeeks to notify the new Central Excise Rules, 2017X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssessed or a producer or manufacturer of excisable goods or a registered person of a private warehouse in which excisable goods are stored and includes an authorised agent of such person; (d) "Board" means the Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Board of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963); (e) "duty" means the duty payable under section 3 of the Act; (f) "notification" means the notification published in the Official Gazette; (g) "warehouse" means any place or premises registered under rule 9; and (2) The words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act. 3. Appointment and jurisdiction of Central Excise Officers.- (1) The Board may, by notification, appoint such person as it thinks fit to be Central Excise Officer to exercise all or any of the powers conferred by or under the Act and these rules. (2) The Board may, by notification, specify the jurisdiction of a Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise or Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... at such rate or on such value as may be specified by him. (2) The payment of duty on provisional basis may be allowed, if the assessee executes a bond in the form prescribed by notification by the Board with such surety or security in such amount as the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, deem fit, binding the assessee for payment of difference between the amount of duty as may be finally assessed and the amount of duty provisionally assessed. (3) The Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, shall pass order for final assessment, as soon as may be, after the relevant information, as may be required for finalising the assessment, is available, but within a period not exceeding six months from the date of the communication of the order issued under sub-rule (1): Provided that the period specified in this sub-rule may, on sufficient cause being shown and the reasons to be recorded in writing, be extended by the Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be for a further period not exceeding six mon ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ouse during a month shall be paid by the 6th day of the following month, if the duty is paid electronically through internet banking and by the 5th day of the following month, in any other case: Provided that in case of goods removed during the month of March, the duty shall be paid by the 31st day of March: Provided further that where an assessee is eligible to avail of the exemption under a notification based on the value of clearances in a financial year, the duty on goods cleared during a quarter of the financial year shall be paid by the 6th day of the month following that quarter, if the duty is paid electronically through internet banking and in any other case, by the 5th day of the month following that quarter, except in case of goods removed during the last quarter, starting from the 1st day of January and ending on the 31st day of March, for which the duty shall be paid by the 31st day of March. Explanation-1. - For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that an assessee, shall be eligible, if his aggregate value of clearances of all excisable goods for home consumption in the preceding financial year, computed in the manner specified in the said notification, d ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... emed to be the date on which the duty has been paid subject to realisation of that cheque. Explanation 2.- For the purposes of this rule, the expressions 'duty' or 'duty of excise' shall also include the amount payable in terms of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2017. 9. Registration.- (1) Every person, who produces, manufactures, carries on trade, holds private store-room or warehouse or otherwise uses excisable goods or an importer who issues an invoice on which CENVAT credit can be taken, shall get registered: Provided that a registration obtained under rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 shall be deemed to be valid as the registration made under these rules. (2) The Board may, by notification and subject to such conditions or limitations as may be specified in such notification, specify person or class of persons who may not require such registration. (3) The registration under sub-rule (1) shall be subject to such conditions, safeguards and procedure as may be specified by notification by the Board. 10. Daily stock account.- (1) Every assessee shall maintain proper records, on a daily basis, in a legible manner indicating the particulars regarding descripti ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nvoice shall also contain the details of the registered dealer as the buyer and the person as the consignee, and that person shall take CENVAT credit on the basis of the registered dealer's invoice: Provided also that if the goods imported under the cover of a bill of entry are sent directly to buyer's premises, the invoice issued by the importer shall mention that goods are sent directly from the place or port of import to the buyer's premises. (3) The invoice shall be prepared in triplicate in the following manner, namely:- (i) the original copy being marked as ORIGINAL FOR BUYER; (ii) the duplicate copy being marked as DUPLICATE FOR TRANSPORTER; (iii) the triplicate copy being marked as TRIPLICATE FOR ASSESSEE. (4) Only one copy of invoice book shall be in use at a time, unless otherwise allowed by the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, or the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, in the special facts and circumstances of each case. (5) Before making use of the invoice book, the serial numbers of the same shall be intimated to the Superintendent of Central Excise having jurisdiction. (6) The provisions of this rule shall apply muta ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... month to which the said return relates, a statement summarizing,- (i) the purchase invoices for the month with the names and addresses of the suppliers of betel nut, tobacco and packing material along with the quantity of the said goods purchased; and (ii) the sales invoices for the month with the names and addresses of the buyers, description, quantity and value of goods sold by the assessee. Explanation.- When the goods are not sold from the factory, the address of the premises to which the goods are dispatched from the factory shall also be provided: Provided further that where an assessee is eligible to avail of the exemption under a notification based on the value of clearances in a financial year, he shall file a quarterly return in the form specified, by notification, by the Board, of production and removal of goods and other relevant particulars within ten days after the close of the quarter to which the return relates. Explanation 1. - For the purposes of this proviso, it is hereby clarified that an assessee shall be eligible, if his aggregate value of clearances of all excisable goods for home consumption in the preceding financial year computed in the manner specifi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... submission of such revised return. (b) An assessee who has filed Annual Return referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule (2) by the due date mentioned in clause (a) of that sub-rule, may submit a revised return within a period of one month from the date of submission of the said Annual Return. 13. Power to impose restrictions in certain types of cases.- Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, where the Central Government, having regard to the extent of evasion of duty, nature and type of offences or such other factors as may be relevant, is of the opinion that in order to prevent evasion of, or default in payment of duty of excise, it is necessary in the public interest to provide for certain measures including restrictions on a manufacturer, a registered importer, first stage and second stage dealer or an exporter may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the nature of restrictions including suspension of registration in case of an importer or a dealer, types of facilities to be withdrawn and procedure for issue of such order by the Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise or Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be. 14. Special procedur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ehouse without payment of duty. (2) The facility under sub-rule (1) shall be available subject to such conditions, including penalty and interest, limitations, including limitation with respect to the period for which the goods may remain in the warehouse, and safeguards and procedure, including in the matters relating to dispatch, movement, receipt, accountal and disposal of such goods, as may be specified by the Board. (3) The responsibility for payment of duty on the goods that are removed from the factory of production to a warehouse or from one warehouse to another warehouse shall be upon the consignee. (4) If the goods dispatched for warehousing or re-warehousing are not received in the warehouse, the responsibility for payment of duty shall be upon the consignor. 17. Remission of duty.- (1) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be, that goods have been lost or destroyed by natural causes or by unavoidable accident or are claimed by the manufacturer as unfit for consumption or for marketing, at any time before removal, he may remit the duty payable on such goods, subject to such conditions as may be imposed by ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ducer or the manufacturer or the warehouse or any other premises, as may be approved by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be. (2) Any material may be removed without payment of duty from a factory of the producer or the manufacturer or the warehouse or any other premises, for use in the manufacture or processing of goods which are exported, as may be approved by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be. (3) The export under sub-rule (1) or sub-rule (2) shall be subject to such conditions, safeguards and procedure as may be specified by notification by the Board. 20. Removal of goods for job work, etc.- Any inputs received in a factory may be removed as such or after being partially processed to a job worker for further processing, testing, repair, re-conditioning or any other purpose subject to the fulfilment of conditions specified in this behalf by the Commissioner of Central Excise having jurisdiction. 21. Special procedure for removal of semi-finished goods for certain purposes.- The Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be may by special order and subject to conditions as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... from the close of the month to which the return relates, in respect of excisable goods manufactured in, and receipt of inputs and capital goods in, the unit: Provided that the Central Board of Excise and Customs may, by an order extend the period by such period as deemed necessary under the circumstances of special nature to be specified therein. (4) The proper officer may on the basis of information contained in the return filed by the unit under sub-rule (3), and after such further enquiry as he may consider necessary, scrutinise the correctness of the duty assessed by the assessee on the goods removed, in the manner to be prescribed by the Board. (5) Every assessee shall make available to the proper officer all the documents and records for verification as and when required by such officer. (6) Where the return is submitted under sub-rule (3) by the assessee after the due date as mentioned in that sub-rule, the assessee shall pay to the credit of the Central Government, an amount calculated at the rate of one hundred rupees per day subject to a maximum of twenty thousand rupees for the period of delay in submission of each return. (7) An assessee, who has filed a return in ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the intention of evading duty. 26. Power to detain or seize goods.- If a Central Excise Officer, has reason to believe that any goods, which are liable to excise duty but no duty has been paid thereon or the said goods were removed with the intention of evading the duty payable thereon, the Central Excise Officer may detain or seize such goods. 27. Return of records.- The books of accounts or other documents, seized by the Central Excise Officer or produced by an assessee or any other person, which have not been relied on for the issue of notice under the Act or the rules made thereunder, shall be returned within thirty days of the issue of said notice or within thirty days from the date of expiry of the period for issue of said notice: Provided that the Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, may order for the retention of such books of accounts or documents, for reasons to be recorded in writing and the Central Excise Officer shall intimate to the assessee or such person about such retention. 28. Confiscation and penalty.- (1) Subject to the provisions of section 11 AC of the Act, if any producer, manufacturer, registere ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... it under the Act or the rules made thereunder like claiming of CENVAT credit under the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2017 or refund, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the amount of such benefit or five thousand rupees, whichever is higher. 30. General penalty.- A breach of these rules shall, where no other penalty is provided herein or in the Act, be punishable with a penalty which may extend to five thousand rupees and with confiscation of the goods in respect of which the offence is committed. 31. Confiscated property to vest in Central Government.- (1) When any goods are confiscated under these rules, such thing shall thereupon vest in the Central Government. (2) The Central Excise Officer adjudging confiscation shall take and hold possession of the things confiscated, and every Officer of Police, on the requisition of such Central Excise Officer, shall assist him in taking and holding such possession. 32. Disposal of confiscated goods.- Confiscated goods in respect of which the option of paying a fine in lieu of confiscation has not been exercised, shall be sold, destroyed or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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