Act Number: 54

Act Name: The Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963

Year: 1963

Enactment Date: 1963-12-30

Long Title: An Act to provide for the constitution of separate Boards of Revenue for Direct Taxes and for Excise and Customs and to amend certain enactments for the purpose of conferring powers and imposing duties on the said Boards.

Ministry: Ministry of Finance

Department: Department of Revenue

Section 6: Transfer of certain proceedings.
    (1) Every proceeding pending at the commencement of this Act, before the Central Board of Revenue shall--
         (a) if it is a proceeding relating to direct taxes, stand transferred to the Central Board of Direct Taxes; and
         (b) in any other case stand transferred to the 1[the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs].
     (2) If any question arises as to whether any proceeding stands transferred to the Central Board of Direct Taxes or to 1[the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs], it shall be referred to the Central Government whose decision thereon shall be final.
     (3) In any legal proceeding pending at the commencement of this Act to which the Central Board of Revenue is a party,--
         (a) if it is a proceeding relating to direct taxes, the Central Board of Direct Taxes shall be deemed to be substituted for the Central Board of Revenue in such proceeding; and
         (b) if it is a proceeding relating to any other matter, 2[the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs] shall be deemed to be substituted for the Central Board of Revenue in such proceeding.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 160, ibid., for "the Central Board of Excise and Customs" (w.e.f 29-3-2018).
2. Subs. by Act 13 of 2018, s. 160, for "the Central Board of Excise and Customs" (w.e.f 29-3-2018).
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