THE JUTE MANUFACTURES CESS ACT, 1983
NO. 28 OF 1983
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic
of India as follows:-
1
(a) This Act may be called the Jute
Manufactures Cess Act, 1983.
(b)
It extends to
the whole of India.
(c) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, a
appointment.
2.
In
this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "jute manufacture" means any article specified in tjom the Schedule which contains more than fifty per cent of
jute (including Bimlipatam jute or mesta fibre of any sort by weight of the total fibre content and in the
production of which any process is ordinarily carried on with the aid of
power.
Explanation - "Power" means electrical energy or any other form of energy which is mechanically transmitted and is
not generated by any human or animal agency.
(b) "Prescribed"
means prescribed by rules made under this Act
(c) "Producer",
in relation to a jute manufacture, means the producer of such jute
manufacture.
3.
(a) There shall be levied and collected by way of cess for the purposes of the Jute Manufactures Development
Council Act, 1983, on every article of jute manufacture specified in column 2 of the Schedule and produced in
India, a duty of excise at such rate not exceeding the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column 3
thereof, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify :
Provided that until such rate is specified by the Central Government, the duty of excise shall be levied and
collected at the rate specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the
Schedule.
(b) The duty of excise levied under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to the duty of excise Levi able on jute
manufacturers under the central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 or any other law for the time being in force.
(c) The duty of excise levied under sub-section (1) shall be payable by the Producer of a jute manufacture.
(d) The Provisions of the Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, and the rules made there under, including those
relating to refunds and exemptions from duty, shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection
of the duty of excise on jute manufactures under this Act.
4.
The proceeds of the duty of excise levied under sub-section (1) of section 3 shall first be credited to the
Consolidated Fund of India and the Central Government may, if Parliament, by appropriation made by law in this
behalf, so provides, pay to the Jute Manufactures Development Council, from time to time, from time to time,
from Out of such proceeds (after deducting the cost Of collection which shall not exceed four per cent of such
proceeds) such sums of money as it may think fit for being utilized for the purposes of the Jute Manufactures
Development Council Act, 1983
5.
The Central Government may require a producer of a jute manufacture to furnish for the purposes of this Act, such
statistical and any other information in such form and within such period as may be prescribed.
6.
(a) The Central Government
may, by notification in the
of this Act.
(b) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing Power, such rules may provide for the
form in which and the period
within which statistical and other information may be furnished under
section5.
(c) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of
Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period ,If thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in
two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or
the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses
agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of
no effect, as the case may be ; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice
to the validity of anything
previously done under that rule.
Powers under Jute Packaging Order May 1987 | Minimum use of Jute in Packaging; Order Aug. 1987
Jute & Jute Control Order of April 2000
Jute Packaging Materials Act | JMDC Act | Jute Manufacturers Cess Act
Jute Packaging Material Rules of 26th August 1987.