Section-35E POWERS OF BOARD OR [ 100 COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE 100 ] TO PASS CERTAIN ORDERS. – 108
(1) The Board may, of its own motion, call for and examine the record of any proceeding in which a [ 100 Commissioner of Central Excise 100 ] as an adjudicating authority has passed any decision or order under this Act for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of any such decision or order and may, by order, direct such [ 100 Commissioner 100 ] to apply to the Appellate Tribunal for the determination of such points arising out of the decision or order as may be specified by the Board in its order.
(2) The [ 100 Commissioner of Central Excise 100 ] may, of his own motion, call for and examine the record of any proceeding in which an adjudicating authority subordinate to him has passed any decision or order under this Act for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or propriety of any such decision or order and may, by order, direct such authority to apply to the [ 100 Commissioner (Appeals) 100 ] for the determination of such points arising out of the decision or order as may be specified by the [ 100 Commissioner of Central Excise 100 ] in his order.
(3) No order shall be made under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) after the expiry of [ 108a one year 108a ] from the date of the decision or order of the adjudicating authority.
(4) Where in pursuance of an order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) the adjudicating authority or the authorized officer makes an application to the Appellate Tribunal or the [ 100 Commissioner (Appeals) 100 ] within a period of three months from the date of communication of the order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) to the adjudicating authority, such application shall be heard by the Appellate Tribunal or the [ 100 Commissioner (Appeals) 100 ], as the case may be, as if such application were an appeal made against the decision or order of the adjudicating authority and the provisions of this Act regarding appeals, including the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 35B shall, so far as may be, apply to such application.
[ 109 (5) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any decision or order in which the determination of any question having a relation to the rate of duty of excise or to the value of goods for the purposes of assessment of any duty is in issue or is one of the points in issue.
Explanation : For the purposes of this sub-section, the determination of a rate of duty in relation to any goods or valuation of any goods for the purposes of assessment of duty includes the determination of a question –
(a) relating to the rate of duty of excise for the time being in force, whether under the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), or under any other Central Act providing for the levy and collection of any duty of excise, in relation to any goods on or after the 28th day of February, 1986; or
(b) relating to the value of goods for the purposes of assessment of any duty of excise in cases where the assessment is made on or after the 28th day of February, 1986; or
(c) whether any goods are excisable goods or whether the rate of duty of excise on any goods is nil; or
(d) whether any goods fall under a particular heading or sub-heading of the [ 113a the First Schedule and the Second Schedule 113a ] of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), or the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), or the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), or that any goods are or not covered by a particular notification or order issued by the Central Government or the Board, as the case may be, granting total or partial exemption from duty; or
(e) whether the value of any goods for the purposes of assessment of duty of excise shall be enhanced or reduced by the addition or reduction of the amounts in respect of such matters as are specifically provided in this Act. 109
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