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Rule 25 - Confiscation and penalty - Central Excise Rules, 2002Extract 25. Confiscation and penalty (1) Subject to the provisions of section 11 AC of the Act, if any producer, manufacturer, registered person of a warehouse 2 [or an importer who issues an invoice on which CENVAT credit can be taken,] or a registered dealer, - (a) removes any excisable goods in contravention of any of the provisions of these rules or the notifications issued under these rules; or (b) does not account for any excisable goods produced or manufactured or stored by him; or (c) engages in the manufacture, production or storage of any excisable goods without having applied for the registration certificate required under section 6 of the Act; or (d) contravenes any of the provisions of these rules or the notifications issued under these rules with intent to evade payment of duty,- then, all such goods shall be liable to confiscation and the producer or manufacturer or registered person of the warehouse 3 [or an importer who issues an invoice on which CENVAT credit can be taken,] or a registered dealer , as the case may be, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the duty on the excisable goods in respect of which any contravention of the nature referred to in clause (a) or clause (b) or clause (c) or clause (d) has been committed, or 4 [five thousand rupees] , whichever is greater. (2) An order under sub-rule (1) shall be issued by the Central Excise Officer, following the principles of natural justice. ************************ Notes : 1. For the words, rupees ten thousand, the words, two thousand rupees has been substituted vide Notification No. 8/2007 CE (NT) dated 1/3/2007, with effect from the date on which the Finance Bill, 2007. 2. Inserted vide Not. 08/2015 - Dated 28-2-2015 , w.e.f. 1st day of March, 2015 3.Inserted vide Not. 08/2015 - Dated 28-2-2015 , w.e.f. 1st day of March, 2015 4. Substituted vide Not. 08/2015 - Dated 28-2-2015 , w.e.f. the date on which the Finance Bill, 2015, receives the assent of the President, before it was read as, 1 [rupees two thousand]
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