TRADE NOTICE NO.     48  /2003

Dated:

    3.04.2003

Subject:- Central Excise - Communication of Notification Nos. 24/2003 CE to 28/2003 CE all dated 31.03.2003 & 29/2003 CE dated     1.04.2003 - Reg.

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Copy of Notification Nos. 24/2003 CE to 28/2003 CE all dated 31.03.2003 & 29/2003 CE dated 1.04.2003 are communicated herewith for information and necessary action.

  The contents of  the Trade Notice may be brought to the notice of all concerned.

(Issued from file C.No. IV/16/2/2003 CX.. PoI )

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                                                                     (V.V. HARIHARAN )     ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER (PREV.)

 

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COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 24 /2003-CE dated 31.03.2003

 G.S.R (E).- In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of Central Excise Act, 1944, (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 ( 58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles ) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby,-

 (a) exempts all excisable goods produced or manufactured in an export oriented undertaking from whole of duty of excise leviable thereon under section 3 of Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944) and additional duty of excise leviable thereon under section 3 of Additional Duty of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and additional duty of excise leviable thereon under the section 3 of Additional duty of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles)Act, 1978 (40 of 1978):

Provided that the exemption contained in this notification in respect of duty of excise leviable under section 3 of said Central Excise Act shall not apply to such goods if brought to any other place in India;

 

(b) rescinds the notification Nos. 125/84- Central Excise, dated the 26th May 1984 ( G.S.R. 403(E), dated the 26th May, 1984), 127/84 Central Excise dated the 26th May 1984 ( G.S.R. 405(E), dated the 26th May, 1984) and 55/91-Central Excise, dated the 25th July, 91 (G.S.R. 389 (E), dated the 25th July, 1991).

 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2003.

 The principal notification No. 55/91 Central Excise dated the 25th July 1991 was issued vide GSR 389, dated the 25th July, 1991

[ F. No. 305/45/2003-FTT]

( D. S. Garbyal)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 25 /2003-CE dated 31.03.2003

 G.S.R (E).- In exercise of powers conferred by sub-sections (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise ( Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise ( Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 ( 40 of 1978), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby rescinds the following notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) on and from the 1st April, 2003, namely :-.

 (i) No. 14/83-Central Excise, dated the 11th February, 1983 published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R.67 (E), dated the 11th February, 1983;

 (ii) No. 15/83-Central Excise, dated the 11th February, 1983 published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 68(E), dated the 11th February, 1983;

 

(iii) No. 16/83-Central Excise, dated the 11th February, 1983 published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 69(E), dated the 11th February, 1983;

 

(iv) No. 22/83-Central Excise, dated the 11th February, 1983 published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 75(E), dated the 11th February, 1983;

 

(v) No. 93/83-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 1983 published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 177(E), dated the 1st March, 1983; and

 

(vi) No. 126/94-Central Excise, dated the 2nd September, 1994 published in the Gazette of India vide G.S.R. 667(E), dated the 2nd September, 1994.

[ F. No. 305/45/2003-FTT]

( D. S. Garbyal)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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 COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 26 /2003-CE dated 31.03.2003

 G.S.R. (E) .- In exercise of power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5of 1986), produced or manufactured by a unit in special economic zone and allowed to be sold in India, from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon as is equivalent to the special additional duty of customs leviable on such goods under section 3 A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) read with proviso to sub-section (1) of section 3 of the said Central Excise Act:

Provided that nothing contained in this notification shall apply where such goods are exempted by the State Government from the payment of sales tax.

2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2003.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, ìspecial economic zoneî has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (iii) to the Explanation 2 of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944).

[ F. No. 305/45/2003-FTT]

(D. S. Garbyal)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 27 /2003-CE dated 31.03.2003

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts castor oil cake falling under heading No. 23.01 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), when manufactured from indigenous castor oil seeds on indigenous plant and machinery by a unit in special economic zone, which was in existence and functioning in a free trade zone before conversion of the said free trade zone into special economic zone with effect from the 1st day of November, 2000 and brought to any other place in India in accordance with the provisions of Export and Import Policy from whole of duty of excise leviable thereon under section 3 of the said Central Excise Act.

 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April, 2003.

 Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification,

(i) " Export and Import Policy " means the Export and Import Policy, 2002-2007 published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry vide notification No. 1 ( RE-2003) /2002-2007, dated the 31st March, 2003;

 (ii) " free trade zone " and " special economic zone " have the same meaning as assigned to them respectively in clauses (i) and (iii) to Explanation 2 of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944).

[ F. No. 305/45/2003-FTT]

( D. S. Garbyal)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 28 /2003-CE dated 31.03.2003

 G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1994 (1 of 1994), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) vide No.39/2002-Central Excise, dated the 13th August, 2002, namely,-

 In of the said notification, in the condition (ii), for the words " Chief Commissioner ", wherever they occur, the word " Commissioner " shall be substituted.

 2. This notification shall come into force on the 1st day of April,2003.

[F.No. 305/45/2003-FTT)

( D. S. Garbyal )

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 39/2002-Central Excise, dated the 13th August, 2002, was issued vide G.S.R. 561(E), dated the 13th August, 2002.

 COPY OF NOTIFICATION No. 29 /2003-CE dated 01.04.2003

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India, in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002, namely:-

In the said notification,-

  (i)      in the Table, after S.No. 260 and the entries relating thereto, the following S.No. and entry shall be inserted, namely:-

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

260A.

Any Chapter

All items of equipment including machinery and rolling stock, procured by or on behalf of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. for use in the Delhi MRTS Project

Nil

Nil

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 (ii) in the Annexure, after Condition No. 60 and the Conditions relating thereto, the following Condition No. and Conditions shall be inserted, namely:-

 

Condition No.

Conditions

61.

If, before the clearance of the goods, the manufacturer produces to the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, a certificate from the Chairman or the Managing Director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd., to the effect that -

(i) the goods are procured by or on behalf of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. for use in the Delhi MRTS Project; and

(ii) the goods are part of the inventory maintained by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. and shall be finally owned by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.ì.

 

[F.No.354/7/2003-TRU]

(V. Sivasubramanian)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note.- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002 [G.S.R. 127 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002] and was last amended by notification No. 19/2003-Central Excise, dated the 5th March, 2003 [G.S.R. No. 192(E), dated the 5th March, 2003].