Rule 13 - Date and place of hearing to be notified - Authority for Advance Rul­ings (Procedure) Rules, 1996

Date and place of hearing to be notified. 13. (1) Where an application under section 245Q is received from an applicant not hitherto assessed and there is no Commissioner designated in respect thereof under rule 2(i)(2), a copy of the application and enclosures thereto shall be forwarded to the Board calling upon it to specify or designate, within a period of two weeks, the Commissioner for the purposes of the application, failing which the application may be decided without hearing the Commissioner. (2) On receipt of an application under section 245Q in respect of which there is a Commissioner as defined in rule 2(i)(1) or a Commissioner has been designated by the Board under rule 2(i)(2) or under sub-rule (1) of this rule, the Authority shall notify the applicant and the Commissioner of the date and place of hearing of the application and forward a copy of the application to the Commissioner calling upon him to furnish the relevant records of the case along with his comments, if any, on the contents of the application and nominate his authorised represen tative if he desires to be heard.