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PAN India Jurisdiction - The definition of “Central Excise Officer” in Section 2(b) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 was made applicable for Section 73 of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 which prescribes a machinery for recovery of service tax not levied or paid or short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded - under Rule 3 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Board can appoint any other officer to exercise power within the “local limits”. However, that would not mean that the officers of ”Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) [presently The Directorate of GST Intelligence]” who are already “Central Excise Officers” under Notification No.38/2001-C.E. (N.T), dated 26.06.2001 for whole of India cannot exercise power pan India. - HC
PAN India Jurisdiction - The definition of “Central Excise Officer” in Section 2(b) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 was made applicable for Section 73 of Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994 which prescribes a machinery for recovery of service tax not levied or paid or short-levied or short-paid or erroneously refunded - under Rule 3 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Board can appoint any other officer to exercise power within the “local limits”. However, that would not mean that the officers of ”Directorate of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) [presently The Directorate of GST Intelligence]” who are already “Central Excise Officers” under Notification No.38/2001-C.E. (N.T), dated 26.06.2001 for whole of India cannot exercise power pan India. - HC
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