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Date: 2018-08-24 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

Whereas the Specified Bank Notes Cessation of liabilities Act 2017 2 of 2017 hereinafter referred to as the Act

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Executive Summary: This order, called the Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Removal of Difficulties Order, 2018, addresses difficulties arising from the Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act, 2017. It aims to allow deposit or exchange of specified bank notes seized or confiscated by law enforcement agencies on or before December 30, 2016, without specific court directions. The order came into force on the date of its publication in the official Gazette, August 24, 2018. Key Points / Main Content: Amendment to Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act, 2017: * Section 5 of the Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Act, 2017 is amended. * A new clause (d) is inserted after clause (c) in Section 5. * Clause (d) pertains to specified bank notes seized or confiscated by law enforcement agencies. Law Enforcement Agencies: * Includes Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes, and Enforcement Directorate. * Allows deposit or exchange of seized/confiscated specified bank notes. * Requires production of documents authorising such seizure or confiscation. Title and Commencement: * The order is called the "Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Removal of Difficulties Order, 2018." * It came into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Impact Analysis: Law Enforcement Agencies (Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes, and Enforcement Directorate): * Impact: Now authorized to deposit or exchange specified bank notes seized or confiscated on or before December 30, 2016, without court directions. * Action Required: Produce documents authorizing the seizure or confiscation when depositing or exchanging specified bank notes.

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Specified Bank Notes Cessation of liabilities Act, 2017: An act providing for the cessation of liabilities on specified bank notes and matters connected therewith. New Delhi: The location where the order was issued. Central Government: The governing body that issued the order. Specified Bank Notes Cessation of Liabilities Removal of Difficulties Order, 2018: The title of the order being issued. Central Board of Direct Taxes: A law enforcement agency mentioned in the amendment. Central Board of Indirect Taxes: A law enforcement agency mentioned in the amendment. Enforcement Directorate: A law enforcement agency mentioned in the amendment. Prashant Goyal: Joint Secretary who signed the order.
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(1) This order may be called the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation Short title and commencement of Liabilities) Removal of Difficulties Order, 2018. (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the official Gazette. 2. In the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017, in Amendment of section 5 of the Act section 5, after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(d) by the law enforcement agencies, such as the Central Board of Direct Taxes, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Enforcement Directorate on production of the documents authorising such seizure or confiscation, as the case may be.”. [F. No. 10/5/2017- Cy. I] PRASHANT GOYAL, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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