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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-31072025-265146
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 473]
NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 2025/SHRAVANA 9, 1947
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 31st July, 2025
G.S.R. 516(E). In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the
President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission
(Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Rules, 2015, namely: -
1. (1) These rules may be called the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission (Recruitment and
Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 2025.
2. In the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission (Recruitment and Conditions of Service of Chairman,
Vice-Chairmen and Members) Rules, 2015, in rule 7, after the second proviso, the following Proviso shall be inserted,
namely: -
"Provided also that any person appointed as Chairman, Vice-Chairman or Member holding office as such
immediately before the date to be notified by the Central Government in this behalf, shall on and from such date,
cease to hold such office, and they shall be entitled to claim compensation not exceeding three months' pay and
allowances for the premature termination of term of their office.".
[F. No. Q-22016/3/2021-AAR]
BALASUBRAMANIAN KRISHNAMURTHY, Jt. Secy.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated
the 30th March, 2015 vide notification number G.S.R. 236(E), dated the 27th March, 2015 and were last amended vide
notification number G.S.R. 829 (E), dated the 23 August, 2016.
Explanatory Memorandum: The Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission (Recruitment and Conditions
of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2025 is being given the retrospective effect
from the 1st April, 2025 in pursuance of section 106 of the Finance Act, 2025 proposing to insert a proviso after the
second proviso in rule 7 of the Customs and Central Excise Settlement Commission (Recruitment and Conditions of
Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Rules, 2015. Therefore, it is certified that no person interest will
be adversely affected by this notification.
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