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<h1>Health Security-National Security Cess on factory machines: registration, portal compliance, monthly payment/returns and audits start 1 Feb 2026</h1> Prescribes the procedural framework for administration of the Health Security se National Security Cess, effective from 1 February 2026, including appointment/jurisdiction of proper officers and portal-based compliance. Mandates registration through specified forms (separate applications per factory where multiple factories have machines), generates a temporary registration number pending certificate, and sets timelines for grant, cancellation and revocation, with deemed approval on inaction. Requires post-registration declarations of machines/process parameters, verification (including inspection/technical confirmation), and binding determination of cess with liability for differential cess and interest. Specifies monthly cess computation rules (rated speed/maximum weight/maximum machines), electronic payment deadlines with interest for delay, monthly returns with rectification and notice for non-filing. Provides abatement conditions via prior intimation and sealing, record-keeping and audit procedures, compounding procedure and amounts, provisional release/disposal of seized goods, appeal/revision filing rules, CCTV retention and production obligations, and consequences for operating without registration, including deemed operation for back-period assessment.