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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 12C

Consumer Welfare Fund

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Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 12C is part of Central Excise Act, 1944 - Consumer Welfare Fund. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) There shall be established by the Central Government a fund, to be called the Consumer Welfare Fund.

(2) There shall be credited to the fund, in such manner as may be prescribed, --

( a) the amount of duty of excise referred to in sub-section (2) of section 11B or sub-section (2) of section 11C or sub-section (2) of section 11D;

( b) the amount of duty of customs referred to in sub-section (2) of section 27 or sub-section (2) of section 28A or sub-section (2) of section 28B of Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

( c) any income from investment of the amount credited to the Fund and any other monies received by the Central Government for the purposes of this Fund.

1[(d) the surplus amount referred to in sub-section (6) of section 73A of the Finance Act, 1994(32 of 1994).]

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1. Inserted by the Finance Act, 2006, w.e.f. 18.04.2006.

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Section Section 12C of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (Consumer Welfare Fund) is reproduced on this page as part of the Central Excise Act, 1944. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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