The government has doubled the limit of excise
duty evasion for arrest and prosecution of
accused to R2 crore and also asked officials not
to resort to penal provision in cases of technical
nature. "It has been decided to revise the monetary
limit for arrest and prosecution in Central Excise
to maintain uniformity of practice in central
excise and service tax," the Central Board of
Excise and Customs (CBEC) said in an order.
Arrest and prosecution of a person henceforth
can be resorted only if the offence relating to
evasion of central excise duty or misuse of
CENVAT credit is equal to or more than R2 crore,
CBEC said. In October 2015, the monetary limit
for excise related offences was set at Rs 1 crore.
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