Central Excise Rules, 2002

Rule 17. Removal of goods by a hundred per cent. export-oriented undertaking for domestic tariff area -

(1) Where any goods are removed from a hundred per cent. export-oriented undertaking to domestic tariff area, such removal shall be made under an invoice by following the procedure specified in rule 11, ¹[and the duty leviable on such goods shall be paid by utilizing the CENVAT credit or by crediting the duty payable to the account of the Central Government in the manner specified in rule 8.] ^Old[and on payment of appropriate duty before removal of goods by debiting the account current required to be maintained for this purpose or by utilizing the CENVAT credit.]

(2) The unit shall maintain in the form specified by notification by the Board appropriate account relating to production, description of goods, quantity removed, and the duty paid.

(3) The unit shall ⁴[electronically] submit a monthly return, in the form specified, by notification, by the Board, to the Superintendent of Central Excise, within ten days from the close of the month to which the return relates, in respect of excisable goods manufactured in, and receipt of inputs and capital goods in, the unit].

⁷[Provided that the Central Board of Excise and Customs may, by an order extend the period by such period as deemed necessary under the circumstances of special nature to be specified therein..]

Order No. 01/2015-Central Excise Dated 10/12/2015

Order No. 02/2015-Central Excise Dated 18/12/2015

²[(4) The proper officer may on the basis of information contained in the return filed by the unit under sub-rule (3), and after such further enquiry as he may consider necessary, scrutinise the correctness of the duty assessed by the assessee on the goods removed, in the manner to be prescribed by the Board.

(5) Every assessee shall make available to the proper officer all the documents and records for verification as and when required by such officer.”]

⁶[(6) Where the return is submitted under sub-rule (3) by the assessee after the due date as mentioned in that sub-rule, the assessee shall pay to the credit of the Central Government, an amount calculated at the rate of one hundred rupees per day subject to a maximum of twenty thousand rupees for the period of delay in submission of each return]

⁸[(7) An assessee, who has filed a return in the form referred to in sub-rule (3) within the date specified under that sub-rule, may submit a revised return by the end of the calendar month in which the original return is filed.

Explanation.- Where an assessee submits a revised return under this sub-rule, the "relevant date" for the purpose of recovery of Central Excise duty, if any, under section 11A of the Act shall be the date of submission of such revised return";]

Amended vide Notification No. 69/2003-CE(NT) dated 15.09.2003 and 18/2004-NT dated 6-9-2004

1. Substituted vide Notification No. 23/2008-CE (NT) Dated 23/5/2008

2. Inserted vide Notification No. 23/2008-CE (NT) Dated 23/5/2008

3. Inserted vide Notification No. 20/2010-CE (NT) Dated 18/5/2010

4. Inserted vide Notification No. 21/2011-CE (NT) Dated 14/09/2011

5. Omitted vide Notification No. 21/2011-CE (NT) Dated 14/09/2011

6 Inserted vide Notification No. 8/2015-Central Excise (N. T.) Dated 01/03/2015

7 Inserted vide Notification No. 25/2015-Central Excise (N. T.) Dated 09/12/2015

8. Inserted Vide Notification 08/2016 CE(NT) Dated 01/03/2016