Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Govt. notifies rules for depositing old Rs. 500 or Rs. 1000 notes confiscated on or before 30/12/2016

The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017 provides for holding, transfer and receiving of old 500 and 1000 rupee notes as an offence. It provides for fine of Rs. 10,000/- or five times the cash held, whichever is higher on holding of more than 10 demonetized notes. It also ends the liability of RBI and the Central Government on the currency notes demonetized on 08-11-2016.

Now, Govt. notifies the Specified Bank Notes (Deposit of Confiscated Notes) Rules, 2017 which provides that if specified bank notes (i.e. old Rs. 500 or Rs. 1000 notes)have been confiscated or seized by a law enforcement agencies or produced before a court on or before the 30-12-2016. Such bank notes may be deposit in a bank account or exchange with legal tender at any office of the RBI or a nationalized bank if following conditions are satisfied:-

1) In case confiscated specified bank notes are returned by the court to a person who is a party in case pending before that court, then, the person shall be entitled to deposit or exchange such specified bank notes:-

a. The serial numbers of which have been noted by the law enforcement agency which confiscated or produced them before the court; and are mentioned in the direction of the court.

2) In case specified bank notes are placed in custody of any other person by an order of the court on or before the 30th day of December, 2016, then, the person shall be entitled to deposit or exchange such specified bank notes:-

a. The serial numbers of which have been noted by the law enforcement agency which confiscated or produced them before the court; and are mentioned in the direction of the court. 

3) In case specified bank notes are forfeited in favour of the Central Government or the State Government by an order of the court. The Government shall be entitled to deposit or exchange such specified bank notes - F. No. S-10/05/2017, dated 12-05-2017

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