Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985 (No. 3 of 1986)

REGISTERED No.D-(D)-72 TThhee GGaazzeettttee ooff IInnddiiaa EXTRAORDINARY PART II – Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No.3 NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1986/PAUSA 19, 1907 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (Legislative Department) New Delhi, 9th January, 1986/Pausa 19, 1907 (Saka) The following Act of Parliament received the assent of the President on the 8th January, 1986 and is hereby published for general information : THE AGRICULTURAL AND PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS EXPORT CESS ACT, 1985 No. 3 OF 1986 [8th January, 1986] An Act to provide for the levy and collection, by way of a cess, of a duty of customs on the exports of certain agricultural and processed food products for the development and promotion of their export and for matters connected therewith: BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Cess Act, 1985. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Short title, extent and commence ment 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) “Authority” means the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority established under section 4 of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985; 1 2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY (Part II-SEC-1) (b) “Scheduled products” means any product for the time being included in the schedule to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985; (2) All words and expressions used in this Act and not defined, but defined in the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985 shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. Duties of customs on Scheduled products 3. (1) There shall be levied and collected by way of a cess for the purposes the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985, a duty of customs at such rate not exceeding three per cent, ad valorem as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette specify, on all Scheduled products, which are exported. (2) The duties of customs levied under sub-section (1) on the Scheduled products shall be in addition to any cess or duty leviable on such Scheduled products under any other law for the time being in force. (3) The provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 and the rules and re gulations made thereunder including those relating to refunds and exemptions from duty, shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duty or customs leviable under sub-section (1) as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of customs under that Act or those rules and regulations. 52 of 1 Credit of proceeds of duties to Consolidated Fund of India 4. The proceeds of the duties of customs levied under section 3 shall first the credited to the Consolidated Fund of India and the Central Government may, if Parliament, by appropriation made by law in this behalf, so provides, pay to the Authority, from time to time, from out of such proceeds, after deducting the expenses on collection , such sums of money as it may, think fit for being utilized for the purposes of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985. S. RAMAIAH, Special Secy. to the Govt. of India PRINTED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVERNMENT. OF INDIA PRESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1986