The Central Silk Board Act, 1948
- Citation
- Act No. 61 of 1948
- Jurisdiction
- IN
- Made by
- Ministry of Textiles
- Instrument
- Act
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
A duty of excise is levied and collected as a cess on all filature raw silk and all spun silk reeled in the territories to which the Act extends, at a rate the Central Government fixes by notification. It is payable by the reelers of filature raw silk or spun silk, who must pay it to the Board within one month of receiving the notice of demand, and it may be recovered as if it were an arrear of land revenue.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Silk reelers
- Products
- Silk, textiles
- Markets
- IN
The duty attaches to the reeler rather than to the manufacturer, which distinguishes it from the cess under the Textiles Committee Act already in this register. To let the Board assess the amount, the Board fixes the assessment period by notification and every reeler must furnish a return within the prescribed time specifying the total amount reeled. The Act confers the power and the Gazette notifications exercise it: the rate of cess, the periods of assessment and the terms of any export or import restriction are all set by notification rather than by the Act.
Drafted from the section headed "Imposition of cess on certain kinds of silk", subsections (1) to (4).
All import of silk-worm seed must conform to the quality standards specified under section 8C(2). The Central Government may by notification specify the terms and conditions, including exim policy, for the export and import of silk-worm seed, may permit import of an unregistered variety for research purposes in a specified quantity and on specified conditions, and may restrict the export or import of any kind or variety where it considers that it may adversely affect the silk industry.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Importers
- Products
- Silk, silkworm seed
- Markets
- IN
Compliance at the border is enforced by officers of at least Assistant Commissioner level whom the Central Government may authorise by order, and who are deemed Seed Officers for the purposes of the Act. The Act confers the power and the Gazette notifications exercise it: the rate of cess, the periods of assessment and the terms of any export or import restriction are all set by notification rather than by the Act.
Drafted from section 8-I, subsections (1) to (5).
Every registered silk-worm seed producer and dealer must furnish a periodic statement to the Central Silk-worm Seed Committee, in the form and manner and at the intervals specified by regulations.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Producers
- Products
- Silk, silkworm seed
- Markets
- IN
The duty reaches dealers as well as producers, and it attaches on registration rather than on volume. The form and the interval are left entirely to regulations, so the Act alone does not tell a reader what is due or when. The Act confers the power and the Gazette notifications exercise it: the rate of cess, the periods of assessment and the terms of any export or import restriction are all set by notification rather than by the Act.
Drafted from section 8J.
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