Rubber Ruler 1955, amended (1st Amendment of 2017).

Dated 13th December, 2017 | Copy of | Commerce & Industry Notification Sl.101 |

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the Rubber Act, 1947 (XXIV of 1947), the Central Government hereby makes following rules further to amend the Rubber Rules 1955, namely:

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called Rubber (Amendment) Rules 2017.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Rubber Rules, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 33, clauses (e) and (f) shall be omitted.

3. In the said rules, rule 33A, 33B, 33C and 33D shall be omitted.

4. In the said rules, in rule 33E, in sub-rule (1), in clause (a), the words “or any officer of the Board, to whom the powers under rule 33B have been delegated” shall be omitted.

5. In the said rules, in rule 35, sub-rule (5) shall be omitted.

6. In the said rules, in rule 39, in sub-rule (1), for the words “apply for” the words “apply online for” and for the word and letter “Form C”, the words and letter “Form C by online” shall be substituted.

7. In the said rules, in rule 39 A,

(a) in sub-rule (1), for the words “apply to”, the words “apply online to” shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-rule (3), for the words “licence under”, the words “licence online under” shall be substituted.

8. In the said rules, in rule 40, for the words “apply to the Board”, the words “apply online to the Board” and for the word, letter and figure “Form E”, the word, letter and figure “Form E by online” shall be substituted.

9. In the said rules, in rule 40A, for the words “apply to the Board”, the words “apply online to the Board” and for the word, letter and figure “Form E1”, the word, letter and figure “Form E1 by online” shall respectively be substituted.

10. In the said rules, in rule 43, in sub-rules (1), (2), (3) and (4), for the words “submit to the Board”, the words “submit online to the Board” shall be substituted.

11. In the said rules, in rule 43A, for the words “submit any statement”, the words “submit online any statement” shall be substituted.

12. In the said rules, rule 43B shall be omitted.

13. In the said rules, in the First Schedule,

(I) in Form D,

(a) for Sl.No.1 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:
1. “Name and office address of the Unit” and “Tel. No.” and “E-mail”.......... (in capital letters)”;

 (b) for Sl.No.2 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:
“2. Particulars of requirement of rubber and details thereof: For the period from ..........to.........

(c) for Sl.No.4, and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:
“4. OTHER PARTICULARS

(d) for Sl.No.11, 12, 13 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:

“11. DECLARATION: I/We declare that I/We have submitted the monthly K and L returns upto the month of ..........” Before the last sentence “I/We declare that the statements made above are true to the best of my/our knowledge and belief.”;

(e) In the Note,

(i) in Sl.No.1, the words “of any cess dues” shall be omitted;
(ii) under Sl.No.2, for the word “cess”, the word “payment” shall be substituted;
(iii) in Sl.No.3(b)(i), for the words “Small scale industries or Sales Tax or Value Added Tax Registration Certificate”, the words and letters “Udyog Adhar Certificate/GST Registration Certificate/Pan Card” shall be substituted;

(II) In form E,
(a) for the brackets and words “(including imported natural rubber) from registered estates or licensed dealers in India”, the words and brackets “from estates or licensed dealers or processors in India (including imported natural rubber)” shall be substituted.
(b) the word “ Year”, shall be inserted in the table before the word “Grade”.

(III) in Forms H, H2, H3 and K,
(a) in the opening para, for the figures, letters and words “20th of the succeeding month”, the figures, letters and words “15th of the succeeding month” shall be substituted;
(b) in the Table, under the heading Groups and Grades,

(i) in Group 2, the word, letters and figure “Cuttings No.1” shall be omitted;
(ii) in Group 3,

a. for the word, letters and figure, “Cuttings No.2”, the letters “ISS” shall be substituted;
b. the words “Off sheet” shall be inserted after the letters “ISS”.

(iii) in Group 4, the letters “FAQ” shall be omitted;
(iv) in Group 5, the words and figure “Smoked blanket” and “Remilled Crepe 2”, shall be omitted;
(v) in Group 6, the words and figures “Remilled Crepe 3” and “Remilled Crepe 4” shall be omitted;
(vi) in Group 7, for the words and brackets “Scrap [Dry weight]”, the words and brackets “Field Coagulam [Dry weight]” shall be substituted;
(vii) the heading “Master batches” and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted;
(viii)the heading “Oil Extended Rubber” and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted.
(IV) in Form K1, in the Table, under column (1), in entry VI, the words “Water proofed fabrics”, “Sponge” and “Rubber covered cables” shall be omitted;
(V) in Form L and L1, in the opening portion, for the figures, letter and word “20th of the succeeding month” the figures, letters and words “15th of the succeeding month” shall be substituted.
(VI) Forms M, N1, N2, N3 and N4 shall be omitted.

Sd/
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi))
Jt. Secy.

G.S.R.1513(E)
F.No.8/17/2016-Plant-C
Issued by:
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
(Department of Commerce)
New Delhi

Foot Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India (Extraordinary), Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i); page 1613, dated the 1st August, 1955, and subsequently amended vide the following numbers, namely:

(i) No.G.S.R.1497, dated the 27th September, 1976.
(ii) No.G.S.R.553, dated the 18th April, 1978.
(iii) No.G.S.R.163, dated the 21st January, 1982.
(iv) No.G.S.R.1033(E), dated the 31st December, 1987.
(v) No.G.S.R.716(E), dated the 20th June, 1988
(vi) No.G.S.R.561 E, dated the 5th July, 1994.
(vii) No.G.S.R.897(E), dated the 12th December, 2001.
(viii)No.G.S.R.760(E), dated the 15th October, 2009.
(ix) No.G.S.R.704(E), dated the 25th August, 2010.