Central Excise Act, 1944
11AA. INTEREST ON DELAYED PAYMENT OF DUTY.
[ 57 Subject to the provisions contained in section 11AB, where
a person 57 ] chargeable with duty determined under sub-section (2) of section
11A, fails to pay such duty within three months from the date of such
determination, he shall pay, in addition to the duty, interest at such rate not
below ten per cent and not exceeding thirty per cent per annum as is for the
time being fixed by the Board, on such duty from the date immediately after the
expiry of the said period of three months till the date of payment of such
duty:
Provided that where a person chargeable with duty
determined under sub-section (2) of section 11A before the date on which the
Finance Bill, 1995 receives the assent of the President, fails to pay such duty
within three months from such date, then, such person shall be liable to pay
interest under this section from the date immediately after three months from
such date, till the date of payment of such duty.
Explanation 1 : Where the duty determined to be payable is
reduced by the Commissioner (Appeals), Appellate Tribunal or, as the case may
be, the court, the date of such determination shall be the date on which an
amount of duty is first determined to be payable.
Explanation 2 : Where the duty determined to be payable is
increased or further increased by the Commissioner (Appeals), Appellate
Tribunal or, as the case may be, the court, the date of such determination
shall be, -
(a) for the amount of duty first
determined to be payable, the date on which the duty is so determined;
(b) for the amount of increased duty,
the date of order by which the increased amount of duty is first determined to
be payable;
(c) for the amount of further increase
of duty, the date of order on which the duty is so further increased.