Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
Act No : 24
Section :
Provisions as to duties on specified petroleum products in relation toa certain period and validation.
87. Provisions as to duties on specified petroleum products in relation to a certain period and validation. (1) The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. G.S.R.240(E) dated the 3rd day of May, 1997 which was issued in exercise of the powers conferred by rule 57A the Central Excise Rules, 1994, to restrict credit of duties paid on specified petroleum pd in exercise of the powers conferred by rule 57A the Central Excise Rules, 1994, to restrict credit of duties paid on specified petroleum products used as inputs in the manufacture of final products shall,- (a) be deemed to have, and to have always had, effect on and from the 23rd day of July, 1996; and (b) be deemed to prevail, and to have always prevailed, over all notifications issued on or after the 23rd day of July, 1996, but before the 3rd day of May, 1997, under rule 57A of the said rules in relation to specified petroleum products. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section, "specified petroleum products" means naphtha, furnace oil, low sulphur heavy stock, light diesel oil, bitumen and paraffin wax falling under Chapter 27 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. (2) Any action or thing taken or one or purported to have been taken or done on or after the 23rd day of July, 1996, and before the 3rd day of May 1997, in relation to specified petroleum products, under the Central Excise Rules, 1994, read with notifications referred in clause (b) of sub-section (1), shall be deemed to be, and to have always, been, for all purposes, as validity and effectively taken or done as if the provisions of sub-section (1) had been in force at all material times and such action or thing had been taken or done under the Central Excise Rules, 1994, read with the notification dated the 3rd day of May, 1997, referred to in sub-section (1), and accordingly, notwithstanding anything contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other authority,- (a) credit of duties restricted on or after the 23rd of July, 1996, and before the 3rd day of May 1997 on specified petroleum products, shall be deemed to be, and shall be deemed to have always been, as validity restricted, as if the provisions of this section had been in force at all material times; (b) no suit or other proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any court for allowing the credit, and no enforcement shall be made by any court of any decree or order allowing the credit, of duties which have been restricted and which would have a been validity restricted if the provisions of this section had been in force at all material items; (c) recovery shall be made of the credit of duties, which have not been restricted but which would have been so restricted if the provisions of this section had been in force at all material times, within a period of ninety days from the date of enactment of this Bill and the event of non-payment of such credit of duties within this period, in addition to the amount of credit of such duties recoverable, interest at the rate of eighteen per cent per annum shall be payable, from the date immediately after the expiry of the said period of ninety days till the date of payment. Explanation.- For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that no act or omission on the part of any person shall be punishable as an offence which would not had been so punishable if this section had not come into force.
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