WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/IND/2/Suppl.1*
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ORGANIZATION 23December 1996
(96-2592)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS
UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
INDIA
Supplement
Thefollowing communication, dated 17December 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofIndia.
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Iamdirected torefertothediscussion onAgenda ItemAofthemeeting oftheCommittee
onAnti-Dumping Practices heldon21October 1996 andtosaythatduring thediscussion onIndia's
notification contained inthedocument referred toabove, thedelegate ofIndia stated thatwhatwas
notified intheaforesaid document wasnottherelevant provisions ofthelegislation tobenotified, and
thattherelevant provisions ofthelegislation would benotified totheWTO shortly torectify theerror.
Accordingly, Iamforwarding herewith therelevant provisions ofthelegislation tobenotified
inreplacement ofthenotification contained inthedocument citedabove.
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THE CUSTOMS ACT, 1962
(No.52of1962)
[13December 1962]
AnActtoconsolidate andamend thelawrelating toCustoms.
Beitenacted byParliament inthethirteenth yearoftheRepublic ofIndia asfollows:
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SECTION 129C. Procedure ofAppellate Tribunal
(1) ThepowersandfunctionsoftheAppellateTribunalmaybeexercisedanddischargedbyBenches
constituted bythePresident from amongst themembers thereof.
(2) Subject totheprovisions contained insub-sections (3)and(4),aBench shallconsist ofone
judicial member andonetechnical member.
(3) Every appeal against adecision ororder relating, among other things, tothedetermination
ofanyquestion having arelation totherateofdutyofcustoms ortothevalue ofgoods forpurposes
ofassessment, shallbeheard byaSpecial Bench, constituted bythePresident, forhearing suchappeals
andsuchBench shallconsist ofnotlessthantwomembers andshallinclude atleastonejudicial member
andonetechnical member.
(4) ThePresident oranyother member oftheAppellate Tribunal authorized inthisbehalf bythe
President may, sitting singly, dispose ofanycasewhich hasbeenallotted totheBench ofwhich he
isamember where:
(a) thevalue ofthegoods, confiscated without option having beengiven totheowner of
thegoods topayafineinlieuofconfiscation under section 125; or
(b) inanydisputed caseother thanacasewhere thedetermination ofanyquestion having
arelation totherateofdutyofcustoms ortothevalue ofgoods forpurposes of
assessment isinissue orisoneofthepoints inissue, thedifference indutyinvolved
orthedutyinvolved; or
(c) theamount offineorpenalty involved doesnotexceed onelakh1rupees.
(5) Ifthemembers ofaBench differ inopinion onanypoint, thepoint shallbedecided according
totheopinion ofthemajority, ifthere isamajority; butifthemembers areequally divided, they
shallstatethepoint orpoints onwhich theydiffer andmake areference tothePresident whoshall
either hearthepoint orpoints himself orreferthecaseforhearing onsuchpoint orpoints byoneor
moreoftheothermembers oftheAppellate Tribunal andsuchpointorpoints shallbedecided according
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totheopinion ofthemajority ofthose members oftheAppellate Tribunal whohaveheard thecase,
including those whofirstheard it.
(6) Subject totheprovisions ofthisAct,theAppellate Tribunal shallhavepower toregulate its
ownprocedure andtheprocedure oftheBenches thereof inallmatters arising outoftheexercise of
itspowers orofthedischarge ofitsfunctions, including theplaces atwhich theBenches shallhold
theirsittings.
(7) TheAppellate Tribunal shall, forthepurpose ofdischarging itsfunctions, havethesamepowers
asarevested inacourt under theCode ofCivil Procedure, 1908 (5of1908) when trying asuitin
respect ofthefollowing matters, namely:
(a) discovery andinspection;
(b) enforcing theattendance ofanyperson andexamining himonoath;
(c) compelling theproduction ofbooks ofaccount andother documents; and
(d) issuing commissions.
(8) Anyproceeding before theAppellate Tribunal shallbedeemed tobeajudicial proceeding within
themeaning ofsections 193and228andforthepurpose ofsection 196oftheIndian Penal Code (45
of1860), andtheAppellate Tribunal shall bedeemed tobeaCivil Court forallthepurposes of
section 195andChapter XXVII oftheCode ofCriminal Procedure, 1973 (2of1974).