Custom Act, 1962
127-I.
POWER OF SETTLEMENT COMMISSION TO SEND A CASE BACK TO THE PROPER OFFICER. –
(1)
The Settlement Commission may if it is of opinion that any person who made an
application for settlement under section 127B has not co-operated with the
Settlement Commission in the proceedings before it, send the case back to the
proper officer who shall thereupon dispose of the case in accordance with the
provisions of this Act as if no application under section 127B had been made.
(2)
For the purpose of sub-section (1), the proper officer shall be entitled to use
all the materials and other information produced by the assessee
before the Settlement Commission or the results of the inquiry held or evidence
recorded by the Settlement Commission in the course of the proceedings before
it as if such materials, information, inquiry and evidence had been produced
before such proper officer or held or recorded by him in the course of the
proceedings before him.
(3)
For the purposes of the time limit under section 28 and for the purposes of interest
under section 28AA, in a case referred to in sub-section (1), the period
commencing on and from the date of the application to the Settlement Commission
under section 127B and ending with the date of receipt by the officer of
customs of the order of the Settlement Commission sending the case back to the
officer of customs shall be excluded.