The Textiles Committee Act, 1963
- Citation
- Act No. 41 of 1963
- Jurisdiction
- IN
- Made by
- Ministry of Textiles
- Instrument
- Act
- Status
- In force
What it requires (3 obligations)
A duty of excise is levied as a cess on all textiles and all textile machinery manufactured in India, at a rate the Central Government fixes by notification and not exceeding one per cent ad valorem, and it is collected by the Textiles Committee from every manufacturer of textiles or textile machinery.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- IN
The proviso to sub-section (1) excludes textiles manufactured out of the handloom or powerloom industry. Sub-section (2) states the cess is in addition to any other cess or duty leviable on the same goods, so it does not displace one. The record carries the duty the section imposes. The rates, the notified standards and the prescribed procedure are in the rules and the Gazette notifications made under the Act.
Drafted from section 5A(1), (2) and (3).
The Committee may direct a specially authorised officer to examine the quality of textiles or the suitability of textile machinery, either at the time of manufacture or while in use in a textile mill, and that officer may inspect any operation connected with manufacture and take samples of any article, material or substance used in an article or process for which construction particulars, marks or inspection standards have been specified.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- IN
The power reaches machinery in use in a mill and not only goods at the point of manufacture. The record carries the duty the section imposes. The rates, the notified standards and the prescribed procedure are in the rules and the Gazette notifications made under the Act.
Drafted from the section headed Inspection, sub-sections (1) and (2).
Where the Committee has established, adopted or recognised standard specifications for textiles or a standard type of textile machinery, and the Central Government on the Committee's recommendation is of the opinion that goods not conforming to those standards should not be exported or sold for internal consumption, it may prohibit that export or sale by order published in the Official Gazette.
No date set Confirmed In force, dates fixed in published law
- Who it falls on
- Manufacturers, importers and sellers
- Products
- Textiles, apparel, home textiles
- Markets
- IN
- Penalties
- On conviction for a first offence, imprisonment for up to one year or a fine or both; for a second or subsequent offence, imprisonment for up to one year and also a fine.
The prohibition is made by Gazette order against specified goods rather than being a standing duty, so what is prohibited at any moment is a question about the notifications rather than about this section. The record carries the duty the section imposes. The rates, the notified standards and the prescribed procedure are in the rules and the Gazette notifications made under the Act.
Drafted from the section headed Power to prohibit exports and internal marketing of textiles and textile machinery, sub-sections (1) and (2).
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