Finance Act, 2003 Chapter VII

After section 46A of the Finance Act, 1989, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:-

46B. Penalty for failure to pay inland air travel toax to credit of Central Government.--

If any carrier fails to pay to the credit of the Central Government, the inland air travel tax collected by him as required under the provisions of section 42, he shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to seven years and with fine.

46C. Offences by companies.--

(1) Where any offence under section 46B has been committed by a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was directly in charge of, and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in the said section, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where an offence under section 46B has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any negligence on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall also be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Explanation.--For the purposes of this section,--

(a) "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals; and

(b) "director", in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.'.

In the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1998, in the Second Schedule, for the entry in column (3), the entry "One rupee and fifty paise per litre" shall be substituted.

In the Finance Act, 1999, in the Second Schedule, for the entry in column (3), the entry "One rupee and fifty paise per litre" shall be substituted.

In the Finance Act, 2001, the Seventh Schedule shall be amended in the manner specified in the Thirteenth Schedule.1[Omitted]

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1Omitted by the Finance Act, 2005, w.e.f. 13.05.2005. Prior to omission it read as under:

"and the amendment so made shall cease to have effect on the 1st day of March, 2004, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such cesser of operation, and section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897) shall apply upon such cesser of operation as if the amendment so made had then been repealed by a Central Act."