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Public Debt Act, 1944 Section 17

Title: Publication of Notices in Official Gazette

State: Central

Year: 1944

Any notice required to be given by the Bank under this Act may be served by post, but every such notice shall also be published by the Bank in1[the Gazette of India or the Official Gazette of the State, according as the notice relates to a security, issued by the Central Government or a State Government], and on such publication shall be deemed to have been delivered to all persons for whom it is intended. ________________________ 1. Substituted for the words "the Official Gazette" by the Public Debt (Central Government) Amendment Act 1949 (6 of 1949), section 7 (1-4-1949).

Central Excise Act, 1944 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....to any goods in the Section or Chapter notes of 18 the First Schedule] to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) as amounting to 19 ["manufacture; or"] and the word "manufacturer" shall be construed accordingly and shall include not only a person who employs hired labour in the production or manufacture of excisable goods, but also any person who engages in their production or manufacture on his own account;] 10"(iii) which in relation to the goods specified in the Third Schedule, involves packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labelling or re-labelling of containers including the declaration or alteration of retail sale price on it or adoption of any other treatment on the goods to render the product marketable to the consumer,". (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "sale" and "purchase", with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, mean any transfer of the possession of goods by one person to another in the ordinary course of trade or business for cash or deferred payment or other valuable consideration; 21 (i)* * * 22 (J)* * * 23 (JJ)* * * (k) "wholesale dealer" means a person who buys or sells.....

Public Debt Act, 1944 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....only in so far as it deals with public debt of the Central Government. The present legislation, therefore, takes the form of a Bill to be enacted as a separate Act, applicable only to securities of the Central Government, which will reproduce the provisions of the 1920 Act with amendments designed to remedy the defects already referred to, and with certain other amendments the necessity or desirability of which is suggested by experience in the administration of the Act during last two decades. In this reproduction of the provisions of the 1920 Act, those provisions have been rearranged so as to group together sections dealing with the incidents common to the different forms in which loans of the Central Government are held and to relegate to separate sections the incidents peculiar to negotiable instruments."-Gaz. Of ind., 1943, Part V, page 162. Amendment Act 6 of 1949.- "Until 1946the Indian Securities Act, 1920, governed the securities issued by both the Central and the Provincial Governments. The working of this Act disclosed certain defects and it was considered necessary to amend it, particularly in the context of the very large increase of the public debt during.....

Central Excise Act, 1944 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....date3as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 33 of 1996, section 71, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 28-9-1996). 2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 41 of 1954, section 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 8-10-1954). 3. Came into force on 28th February, 1944, see Notification No. III-D, dated 26th February, 1944, Gazette of India, Extra., 1944, p. 293. Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "adjudicating authority" means any authority competent to pass any order or decision under this Act, but does not include the Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963), Commissioner of Central Excise (Appeals) or Appellate Tribunal; (aa) "Appellate Tribunal" means the Customs, Excise and 1 [Service Tax] Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 129 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962); (aaa) "broker" or "commission agent" means a person who in the ordinary course of business makes contracts for the sale or purchase of.....

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 1

Title: Short Title, Extent and Commencement

State: Central

Year: 1944

1[(1) This Act may be called the Central Excise Act, 1944.] (2) It extends to the whole of India2[***]. (3) It shall come into force on such date3as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint in this behalf. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 33 of 1996, section 71, for sub-section (1) (w.e.f. 28-9-1996). 2. The words "except the State of Jammu and Kashmir" omitted by Act 41 of 1954, section 2 and Schedule (w.e.f. 8-10-1954). 3. Came into force on 28th February, 1944, see Notification No. III-D, dated 26th February, 1944, Gazette of India, Extra., 1944, p. 293.

Central Excise Act, 1944 Chapter 2

Title: Levy and Collection of Duty

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise and such annual capacity shall be deemed to be the annual production of such goods by such factory; or (b) (i) specify the factor relevant to the production of such goods and the quantity that is deemed to be produced by use of a unit of such factor; and (ii) provide for the determination of the annual capacity of production of the factory in which such goods are produced on the basis of such factor by an officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise and such annual capacity of production shall be deemed to be the annual production of such goods by such factory: Provided that where a factory producing notified goods is in operation during a part of the year only, the annual production thereof shall be calculated on proportionate basis of the annual capacity of production: Provided further that in a case where the factor relevant to the production is altered or modified at any time during the year, the annual production shall be re-determined on a proportionate basis having regard to such alteration or modification. (3) The duty of excise on notified goods shall be levied, at such rate, on.....

Bengal Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1944 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1944

.....(17)was subst. by W.B.Act 6 of 1975.(17)"total world income" means the sum offer) (a) the total income as defined in 1917.Words subst.by W.B.Act 18 of 1989.[the enactments relating to Indian income-tax,] and (b)the total agricultural income as defined in this Act, and (c)the agricultural income derived from land outside West Bengal and calculated in the manner referred to in clause (b) of subsection (5) of section 48; (18)"written down value" means in respect of any irrigation or protective work, or any machinery, plant or other capital asset, (a)in the case of assets acquired in the previous year, the actual cost to the assessee, (b)in the case of assets acquired before the previous year, the actual cost to the assessee less all depreciation allowable to him under this Act in respect of such work, machinery, plant or other asset as the case may be. CHAPTER 1 . Section 3 Definitions. 2018. Sec. 3 was renumbered as sub-sec. (1) and after such renumbering the previous proviso subst. by W.B. Act 6 of 1975. Finally, the existing provisos were subst. by W.B. Act 15 of 1983. (1) Agricultural income-tax shall be charged for each financial year in accordance with and subject.....

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 3

Title: Duties Specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 to Be Levied

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....or manufacturers or, as the case may be, the normal practice of the wholesale trade in such goods.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 27 of 1999, section 121, for certain words (w.e.f. 11-5-1999). 2. Substituted by Act 10 of 2000, section 92, for "a duty of excise" (w.e.f. 12-5-2000). 3. Inserted by Act 20 of 2000, section 133. 4. This shall be effective from such date appointed by the Central Government by Notification in the Official Gazette. 5. Inserted by Act 14 of 1982, section 46 (w.e.f. 11-5-1982). 6. Substituted by Act 21 of 1984, section 45, for certain words (w.e.f. 11-5-1984). 7. Substituted by Act 14 of 2001, section 120, for "free trade zone" (w.e.f. 11-5-2001). 8. The words "or a special economic zone" shall stand omitted with effect form such date as may be appointed by the Central Government, vide Act 20 of 2002, section 133. 9. Substituted by Act 14 of 2001, section 120, for "allowed to be sold in India" (w.e.f. 11-5-2001). 10. Substituted by Act 10 of 2000, section 92, for "under section 12 of the Customs Act, (52 of 1962)" (w.r.e.f. 11-5-1982). 11. Substituted by Act 10 of 2000, section 92, for Explanation 1 (w.r.e.f......

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 5A

Title: Power to Grant Exemption from Duty of Excise

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....under sub-section (1) in respect of any excisable goods from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon has been granted absolutely, the manufacturer of such excisable goods shall not pay the duty of excise on such goods.] 7 [(2) If the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, it may, by special order in each case, exempt from payment of duty of excise, under circumstances of an exceptional nature to be stated in such order, any excisable goods on which duty of excise is leviable.] 8 [(2A) The Central Government may, if it considers it necessary or expedient so to do for the purpose of clarifying the scope or applicability of any notification issued under sub-section (1) or order issued under sub-section (2), insert an explanation in such notification or order, as the case may be, by notification in the Official Gazette at any time within one year of issue of the notification under sub-section (1) or order under sub-section (2), and every such explanation shall have effect as if it had always been the part of the first such notification or order, as the case may be.] (3) An exemption under sub-section (1) or sub-section.....

Central Excise Act, 1944 Section 11B

Title: Claim for Refund of Duty

State: Central

Year: 1944

.....to the contrary contained in any judgment, decree, order or direction of the Appellate Tribunal or any Court or in any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force, no refund shall be made except as provided in sub-section (2). (4) Every notification under clause (f) of the first proviso to sub-section (2) shall be laid before each House of Parliament, if it is sitting, as soon as may be after the issue of the notification, and, if it is not sitting, within seven days of its reassembly, and the Central Government shall seek the approval of Parliament to the notification by a resolution moved within a period of fifteen days beginning with the day on which the notification is so laid before the House of the People and if Parliament makes any modification in the notification or directs that the notification should cease to have effect, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder. (5) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any notification issued under clause.....