REGISTERED No. D.(D).72
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 285] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1977/ASADHA 13, 1899
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CABINET SECRETARIAT
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 2nd July 1977
S O. 520(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of article 77 of the Constitution, the Vice-President acting as President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961. namely —
1 (1) These rules may be called the Government of India (Allocation of Busi- ness) (One hundred and twenty second Amendment) Rules, l977
(2) They shall come into force at once 2 In the Government of India (Allocation of Business) Rules, 1961, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) in the First Schedule—
(a) under the heading "6 Ministry of Finance (Vitta Mantralaya)", after entry (li) the following entry shall be inserted, namely —
''(iii) Department of Revenue (Rajaswa Vibhag)";
(b) the heading "6A Department of Revenue and Banking (Rajaswa aur Banking Vibhag)" shall be omitted
3 In the Second Schedule to the said rules,
(a) under the heading "MINISTRY OF FINANCE (VITTA MANTRALAYA)" under sub-heading "A. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (ARTHIK KARYA VIBHAG)", for items VIII and IX and the entries
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2 2 54 T HE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART II—SEC. 3(11)thereunder, the following items and entries shall be substituted, namely • —
"VIII Insurance
33 Policy lelatlng to General Insurance, Administration of the Insurance Act, 1938, Insurance Companies Association Pool, Subsidiaries of the Life Insurance Corporation.
34, Policy relating to Life Insurance; Nationalisation of the Life Insui- ance Business, Administration of the Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1356, Life Insurance Tribunal,
f!5 Office of the Coni roller of Insurance. 3fi The responsibility of the Central Government relating to matters concerning centrally administered area.s in respect of any of the entries from .^.^ to 35 above
IX Banking
37 All Indian banks, whether nationalised or not
38 All foreign banks so far as theh operations in India are concerned. 39 All matters relating to the Reserve Bank of India. 40 All matters relating to Co-opcrattve Banking which are the concern of this Department,
41 All matters relating to lony term financial instituhons excluding Unit Trust of India, Life Insurance Corporation and General Insurance Corporation.
42 Chit Funds and other non-banking companies accepting deposits 43 Other matters relating to Banking in India. 44. Administration of all Statutes, R e f l a t i o ns and other laws connected with entries from 37 to 4'} above.'1,
(b) for the heading "DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND BANKING (RAJASWA AUR BANKING VIBHAG)" and the entries thereunder, the following heading and entries shall be substituted, namely —
"C. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (RAJASWA VIBHAG)
1. All matters relating to Central Boardq of Revenue. 2 Stamp duties on bills of exchange, cheques, promissory notes bills of lading, letters of credit, policies of insurance, transfer of shares, debentures, proxies and receipts
3 Supply and distribution of all kind9 of stamps 4 All questions relating to income-tax (except questions relating to the Income-tax, Appellate Tribunal), Corporation tax, capital gains tax, excess profits tax, business profits tax and estate duty, wealth-tax, expenditure tax and gift-tax and also questions relating to Rail- way Passenger Fares Act
5 Administration of excise m the Union Territories, le all questions relating to—
(a) Alcoholic liquors for human consumption (b) Opium, Indian hemp and narcotic drugs and narroiics
6 Medicnl and toilet preparations containing alcohol, or any substance included in S(b)
7 Opium, as regards cultivation, manufacture and sale for export 8, International agreements relating to dangerous drugs and their imple- mentation
9 All rrattert; relating to Customs ("See Hnd Land) including the Customs Taritf Act, 1975, Tariff valuations. Customs Cooperation Council, Customs nomenclature and similar matters, duties on goods im- ported or exported; prohibitions and restrictions on imports and fvports imposed in the interest of revenue; and interpretation of CUMioms Tariff
10. All matters relating to Central Excise and Gold Control Administration,
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11. Sales Tax —
(0 The administration of Sales-Tax Law^/alidation Act, 1956. (u) Levy of tax on sales m the course Tf inter-statr trade or com- merce—problems arising out of the administration of the Central Sales Tax Act. 1H56
(in) Declaration of goods as of special importance in inter-Slate trade or roraracrco under article 2Bfi(3) of* the Constitution—laying down of 1he rondituins and resirictions to which the State laws providing for 1hp ]pvy of tax on tlngm would be subjected (HI All ouesiinns jtlaiint; to ieplacement of sales 1ax by additional excise duty including ddmimstrati"n of 1he Additional Duties of Exfise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 10S7
fv) All Bills, etc relating to sales-tax levy m States coining up for the previous lnrtructioiu-, recommendations or assent of the President,
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(vi) Legislative matters corccrnmg sales-tax In meTJnion Territories. (vn) Problems arising out of 1he invalidation of sufiajbane cess levies of Stales including Validation of such levies.
12 All matters relating to pre-psrlvtion duty refund claims yn salt.
13 Subordinate Organisations — (a) Income-lax Department, (b) Cusioms Department, (c) Central Excise Department; and (d) Narcotics Department.
14 Preventive detention for rpasoni connected with the conservation of foreign exchange or prevention of smuggling, persons subjected to such detention.
15 Enforcement, vis Investigation, adiudicatlon and prosecution of cases arisinp out of breaches, under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 197'-!, the Directorate-General of Revenue Intelllgence-cum- Directorate of Enforcement,".
B. D JATT1,
Vice-President acting as President.
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R C BHARGAVA, Jt. Secy.
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