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The Excises and Salt Act, 1944

( ACT NO. I OF 1944 )

Chapter II

LEVY AND COLLECTION OF DUTY

Duties specified in the First Schedule to be levied
3. (1) There shall be levied and collected in such manner as may be prescribed duties of excise on all excisable goods, produced or manufactured, and on all excisable services provided or rendered, in Bangladesh, as, and at the rates, set forth in the First Schedule.
 
 
 
 
1[Explanation.- For the purpose of levy and collection of duties under this section, classification and description of excisable goods shall be as per First Schedule of the Customs Act, 1969 (IV of 1969).]
 
 
 
 
(2) The 2[Board] may, by notification in the official Gazette fix, for the purpose of levying the said duties, tariff values of any articles enumerated, either specifically or under general headings, in the First Schedule as chargeable with duty ad valorem and may alter any tariff values for the time being in force.
 
 
 
 
(3) Different tariff values may be fixed for different classes or descriptions of the same article.
 
 
 
 
3[ 4[(4) With the prior approval of the Government, the 5[Board] may, in lieu of levying and collecting under subsection (1) duties of excise on excisable goods and services,
 
 
by notification in the official Gazette, levy and collect duties on the capacity of plants, machinery, undertakings, establishments, installations or premises producing or manufacturing such goods, or providing or rendering such services; and such notifications shall specify-
 
 
 
 
(a) the guiding principles for the determination of capacity,
 
 
 
 
(b) the capacity, as determined in accordance with such guiding principles of the plants, machinery, undertakings, establishments, installations or premises affected by it,
 
 
 
 
(c) the duty or the rate of duty on such capacity as determined, and
 
 
 
 
(d) the manner of collection of such duty.]
 
 
 
 
6[(5) The capacity of any plant or machinery or part thereof or establishments or premises producing or manufacturing excisable goods, or providing or rendering excisable services, specified in a notification under sub-section (4) shall, upon an application made to the Government within thirty days of the notification by any aggrieved person, be reviewed by a Standing Tribunal constituted under sub-section (6) to which the application shall be referred; and the decision of the Standing Tribunal confirming, reducing or increasing the capacity shall be final.]
 
 
 
 
7[(6) The Government shall, for the purpose of sub-section (5), constitute a Standing Tribunal consisting of not less than two persons each of whom may be either an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary to the said Government or a person who held such rank at the time of his retirement from service.]
 
 
 
 
(7) The 8[Board] may, by notification in the official Gazette, at any time, cancel a notification under sub-section (4); and where a notification is so cancelled or, for any reason
 
 
whatsoever, cannot be given effect to, the duty under sub-section (1), in lieu whereof the duty under sub-section (4) was levied by such notification, shall be levied and, with necessary adjustment, collected for the financial year during which such notification is cancelled or for the period for which it cannot be given effect to.]
 
 
 
 
Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, an order of a Court suspending or staying the collection of the whole or any part of the duty under sub-section (4) shall be deemed to be a reason for which a notification under sub-section (4) cannot be given effect to.

  • 1
    The Explanation was added by section 6 of অর্থ আইন, ২০০০ (২০০০ সনের ১৫ নং আইন)
  • 2
    The word “Board” was substituted for the words “National Board of Revenue” by section 5 of the Finance Act, 1979 (Act No. V of 1979)
  • 3
    The original sub-section (4) was substiutted as sub-sections (4), (5), (6) and (7) by section 4 of the Finance Act, 1966 (Act No. XI of 1966)
  • 4
    Sub-section (4) was substituted by section 9 of the Finance Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. XXIII of 1977)
  • 5
    The word “Board” was substituted for the words “National Board of Revenue” by section 5 of the Finance Act, 1979 (Act No. V of 1979)
  • 6
    Sub-section (5) was substituted by section 9 of the Finance Ordinance, 1977 (Ordinance No. XXIII of 1977)
  • 7
    Sub-section(6) was substituted by section 3 of the Finance (1971-72) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 52 of 1972)
  • 8
    The word “Board” was substituted for the words “National Board of Revenue” by section 5 of the Finance Act, 1979 (Act No. V of 1979)
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