Validation of action taken under Section 11A of Act 1 of 1944. Section 11A of the Central Excise Act during the period commencing on and from the 17th day of November, 1980.
Section 110 of the Finance Act, 2000 (10 of 2000)
Validation of action taken under Section 11A of Act 1 of 1944
- Any notice issued or served on any person under the provisions of
section 11A of the Central Excise Act during the period commencing on and
from the 17th day of November, 1980 and ending on the date on which the
Finance Act, 2000 receives the assent of the President (hereinafter referred
to as the said period) demanding duty on account of non-payment,
short-payment, non-levy, short-levy or erroneous refund within a period of
six months or five years, as the case may be, from the relevant date as
defined in clause (ii) of sub-section (3) of that section shall be deemed to
be and to always have been, for all purposes, validly and effectively issued
or served under that section, notwithstanding any approval, acceptance or
assessment relating to the rate of duty on or value of, the excisable goods
by any Central Excise Officer under any other provision of the Central
Excise Act or the rules made thereunder.
- Any action taken or anything done or purporting to have been taken or
done under section 11A of the Central Excise Act at any time during the said
period shall be deemed to be and to have always been, for all purposes, as
validly and effectively taken or done as if sub-section (1) had been in
force at all material times and, accordingly, notwithstanding anything
contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, tribunal or other
authority, -
- all duties of excise levied, assessed or collected during the said
period specified in sub-section (1) on any excisable goods under the
Central Excise Act, shall be deemed to be and shall be deemed to always
have been, as validly levied, assessed or collected as if sub-section
(1) had been in force at all material times;
- no suit or other proceedings shall be maintained or continued in any
court, tribunal or other authority for the refund of, and no enforcement
shall be made by any court of any decree or order directing the refund
of any such duties of excise which have been collected and which would
have been validly collected if sub-section (1) had been in force at all
material times;
- recovery shall be made of all such duties of excise which have
not been collected or, as the case may be, which have been refunded but
which would have been collected or, as the case may be, would not have
been refunded, if sub-section (1) had been in force at all material
times.
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 have been so punishable if this section had not come into force.