# 14    Interest on delayed payment of expenditure-tax

Every person responsible for collecting expenditure-tax and paying it to the credit of the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 7, who fails to credit the tax to the account of the Central Government within the period specified in that section, shall pay simple interest at the rate of 1 [one per cent.] for every month or part of a month by which such crediting of tax is delayed.

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  • 1. Subs. by Act 54 of 2003, s. 22, for "one and one-fourth per cent." (w.e.f. 8-9-2003).

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