Section 69 - Amendment of section 129A - Finance (No. 2) Act, 2004

69. Amendment of section 129A.- In section 129A of the Customs Act, with effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, for sub-section (6), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:- "(6) An appeal to the Appellate Tribunal shall be in such form and shall be verified in such manner as may be specified by rules made in this behalf and shall, irrespective of the date of demand of duty and interest or of levy of penalty in relation to which the appeal is made, be accompanied by a fee of,- (a) where the amount of duty and interest demanded and penalty levied by any officer of customs in the case to which the appeal relates is five lakh rupees or less, one thousand rupees; (b) where the amount of duty and interest demanded and penalty levied by any officer of customs in the case to which the appeal relates is more than five lakh rupees but not exceeding fifty lakh rupees, five thousand rupees; (c) where the amount of duty and interest demanded and penalty levied by any officer of customs in the case to which the appeal relates is more than fifty lakh rupees, ten thousand rupees: Provided that no such fee shall be payable in the case of an appeal referred to in sub-section (2) or a memorandum of cross-objections referred to in sub-section (4). (7) Every application made before the Appellate Tribunal,- (a) in an appeal for grant of stay or for rectification of mistake or for any other purpose; or (b) for restoration of an appeal or an application, shall be accompanied by a fee of five hundred rupees: Provided that no such fee shall be payable in the case of an application filed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Customs under this sub-section.".