Regulation 6 - Preparation of paper books etc. - Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission Procedure, 1999

6. Preparation of paper books etc. - (1) If the applicant or the commissioner as the case may be proposes to refer or rely upon any documents or statements or other papers, he may submit six copies of a paperbook containing such papers duly indexed and paged at least two weeks before the date of bearing under sub-section (1) of section 32f of the Central Excise Act or sub-section (1) of section 127c of the Customs Act, as the case may be: Provided that the Commission may in an appropriate case condone the delay and admit the paperbook. (2) If the applicant proposes to refer to or rely upon any documents or statements or other papers during the course of hearing under sub-section (7) of section 32f of the Central Excise Act or sub-section (7) of section 127c of custom act, as the case may be, submit six copies of a paperbook containing such papers duly indexed and paged, within thirty days or within such extended period as may be allowed by the commission of the Receipt of an order under sub-section (1) of section 32f of the Central Excise Act or sub-section (1) of section 127c of the Customs Act. (3) If the commissioner proposes to refer to or rely upon any documents or statement or other papers during the course of hearing under sub-section (7) of section 32f of the Central Excise Act, or sub-section (7) of section 127c of the Customs Act, at the case may be, he may submit six copies of a paperbook containing such papers duly indexed and paged, within thirty days or within such extended period as may allowed by the Commission of the receipt of an order under sub-section (1) of section 32f of the Central Excise Act or sub-section (1) of section 127c of the Customs Act. (4) The Commission may, suo motu , direct the preparation of six copies of a paper book by and at the cost of the applicant or the Commission containing copies of such statements, documents and papers, as it may consider necessary for the proper disposal of the settlement applicant on or matters arising therefrom (5) The papers referred to in sub-rules (1). (2), (3) and (4) must be legibly written or type- written in double space or printed. If Xerox copy of the document is filed, then the same should be legible. Each paper should be certified as a true copy by the party filing the same and indexed in such a manner as to give a brief description of the documents, with page numbers and the authority before whom it was filed.