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Smuggling
chargeable. The second eventuality can occur not only where there is a clandestine import evading the assessment of duty but also where there is a clandestine removal without payment of the assessed duty. In a case where
Tariff
this country. By the Import Duties Act, 1932 (22 Geo. 5, c. 8), a general ad valorem customs duty of 10 per cent. was imposed on all imports with additional duties on special classes or descriptions of
Wilful
intends to do what he is doing. 'Wilful default' - Either a consciousness of negligence or breach of duty, or a recklessness in the performance of a duty. In other words, 'wilful default' would mean a deliberate
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Public officer
forces of the Union while serving under the Government. (d) Every officer of a court of justice whose duty it is, as such officer, to investigate or report on any matter of law or fact, or to
Receipt
of receiving something; a written acknow-ledgment that something has been received, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. A stamp duty first imposed in 1783 was progressively ad valorem, until 1853, when the uniform 1d. rate was imposed; this
Tax
Taxes Act, 1913 (3 Geo. 5, c. 3). See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Revenue.' See also DEATH DUTIES; ESTATE DUTY; INCOME-TAX; LAND-TAX. A 'tax' is a compulsory exaction of money by public authority for public purposes enforceable by
Disposition
Getty Chettiar (1971) 2 SCC 741: AIR 1971 SC 2410: (1972) 1 SCR 736 & Controller of Estates Duty v. Kancharla Kesava Rao, (1973) 2 SCC 384: AIR 1973 SC 2484: (1973) 3 SCR 897. Disposition in
discharge
discharge 1 : to release from an obligation: as a : to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument) ;also : to render (an instrument) no longer
contract
trahere to draw] 1 : an agreement between two or more parties that creates in each party a duty to do or not do something and a right to performance of the other's duty or a remedy
Ad valorem
the particular instruments or writings. See STAMP DUTIES. The phrase 'ad valorem' appearing in the column 'rate of duty' in the Schedule appended to the Act refers to the value of the excisable goods and, therefore, it
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