Rule 12 - Qualifications for authorized representatives - Central Excise (Appeals) Rules, 2001

12. Qualifications for authorized representatives .- For the purposes of clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 35Q of the Act, an authorized representative shall include a person who has acquired any of the following qualifications namely:- (a) a Chartered Accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949); or (b) a Cost Accountant within the meaning of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (23 of 1959); or (c) a Company Secretary within the meaning of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980) who has obtained a certificate of practice under section 6 of that Act; or (d) a post-graduate or an Honours degree holder in Commerce or a post-graduate degree or diploma holder in Business Administration from any recognised university; or (e) a person formerly employed in the Department of Customs and Central Excise or Narcotics and has retired or resigned from such employment after having rendered service in any capacity in one or more of the said departments for not less than ten years in the aggregate. Explanation.- In this rule "recognised University" means any of the Universities specified below, namely:- I . Indian Universities Any Indian University incorporated under any law for the time being in force in India; II . Rangoon University; III . English and Welsh Universities The Universities of Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Oxford, Reading, Sheffield and Wales; IV . Scottish Universities The Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St. Andrews; V . Irish Universities The Universities of Dublin (Trinity College), the Queen's University, Belfast and the National University of Dublin; VI . Pakistan Universities Any Pakistan University incorporated by any law for the time being in force; VII . Bangladesh Universities Any Bangladesh University incorporated by any law for the time being in force.