Section 62 - Insertion of new section 28AB - Finance (No. 2) Act, 1996

62. Insertion of new section 28AB After section 28AA of the Customs Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:- 28AB. Interest on delayed payment of duty in special cases. (1) Where any duty has not been levied or has been short levied or erroneously refunded by reason of collusion or any willful mis-statement or suppression of facts, the person who is liable to pay the duty as determined under sub-section (2) of section 28, shall, in addition to the duty, be liable to pay interest at such rate not below ten per cent. and not exceeding thirty per cent. per annum, as is for the time being fixed by the Board, from the first day of the month succeeding the month in which the duty ought to have been paid under this Act, or from the date of such erroneous refund, as the case may be, but for the provisions contained in sub-section (2) of section 28, till the date of payment of such duty. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that the provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to cases where the duty became payable before the date on which the Finance (No. 2) Bill, 1996 receives the assent of the President. Explanation 1.- Where the duty determined to be payable is reduced by the Commissioner (Appeals), the Appellate Tribunal or, as the case may be, the court, the interest shall be payable on such reduced amount of duty. Explanation 2.- Where the duty determined to be payable is increased or further increased by the Commissioner (Appeals), the Appellate Tribunal or, as the case may be, the court, the interest shall be payable on such increased or further increased amount of duty. .