Regulation 5 - Interest on penalty - Competition Commission Of India (Manner Of Recovery Of Monetary Penalty) Regulations, 2025

5. Interest on penalty. If the amount specified in the demand notice is not paid within the period specified in the said notice, the enterprise or the person concerned, as the case may be, shall be liable to pay simple interest at one per cent, on the amount outstanding, for every month or part of a month comprised in the period commencing from the day immediately after the expiry of the period mentioned in demand notice and ending with the day on which the penalty is paid: Provided that the Commission may reduce or waive the amount of interest payable by the enterprise or the person concerned if it is satisfied that default in the payment of such amount was due to circumstances beyond the control of the enterprise or the person concerned, as the case may be: Provided further that where as a result of an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal or a High Court or the Supreme Court of India, as the case may be, the amount of penalty payable has been reduced, the interest shall be reduced accordingly and the excess interest paid, if any, shall be refunded in accordance with regulation 14.