The Central Excise Act, 1944Central Act · Act 1 of 1944
Power of adjudication.-- [Where under this Act or by the rules made thereunder] anything is liable to confiscation or any person is liable to a penalty, such confiscation or penalty may be adjudged--
(a) without limit, by a [Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise];
(b) up to confiscation of goods not exceeding five hundred rupees in value and imposition of penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees, by an Assistant [Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise [or Deputy [Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise]]:
Provided that the [Central Board of Excise and Customs constituted under the Central Boards of Revenue Act, 1963 (54 of 1963)], may, in the case of any officer performing the duties of an Assistant ]Principal Commissioner of Central Excise or Commissioner of Central Excise], reduce the limits indicated in clause (b) of this section, and may confer on any officer the powers indicated in clause (a) or (b) of this section.