Custom Act, 1962
127A.
DEFINITION. –
In
this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a)
"Bench" means a Bench of the Settlement Commission;
(b)
"case" means any proceeding under this Act or any other Act for the
levy, assessment and collection of customs duty, or any proceeding by way of
appeal or revision in connection with such levy, assessment or collection,
which may be pending before a proper officer or the Central Government on the
date on which an application under sub-section (1) of section 127B is made:
Provided that where any appeal or application for revision has been preferred
after the expiry of the period specified for the filing of such appeal or
application for revision under this Act and which has not been admitted, such
appeal or revision shall not be deemed to be a proceeding pending within the
meaning of this clause;
(c)
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Settlement Commission;
(d)
"Commissioner(Investigation)"means an officer of the customs or a
central Excise Officer appointed as such Commissioner to conduct inquiry or
investigation for the purposes of this Chapter;
(e)
"Member" means a Member of the Settlement Commission and includes the
Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;
(f)
"Settlement Commission" means the Customs and Central Excise
Settlement Commission constituted under section 32 of the Central Excise Act,
1944 (1 of 1944); and
(g)
"Vice-Chairman" means a Vice-Chairman of the Settlement Commission.