Notification No. 5/2015-Central Excise, Dated: March 1, 2015

Seeks to amend Notification No. 16/2010-CE, dated the 27th February, 2010 so as to prescribe new rate of duty to unmanufactured tobacco and chewing tobacco.

Notification No. 5/2015-Central Excise

Dated: March 1, 2015

G.S.R.135 (E):- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010, namely :-

In the said notification, –

(i) In the first paragraph,-

(a) for the portion beginning with words “and packed in” and ending with the words “of the said table”, the words, brackets, figures and letters “having maximum packing speed as specified in column (3) or column (4) or column (5) of Table-1 or column (3) or column (4) of Table-2, as the case may be, at which they can be operated for packing of specified goods which are packed in pouches of retail sale prices as specified in column (2) of the Table-1 or Table-2, as the case may be, the rates of duty specified in the corresponding entry in column (3a) or column (3b) or column (4a) or column (4b) or column (5) of the said Table-1 or column (3) or column (4a) or column (4b) of Table-2” shall be inserted;

(b) for Table-1, the Note and Illustrations 1 and 2 thereunder, the following shall be substituted, namely :-

“Table-1

Note:- For the purposes of entry in column number (5), against Sl.No.12, the entry in column number (2) shall be read as ‘Rs. 10.01 and above’.

Illustration 1:- The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) pouch not containing lime tube having retail sale price of Rs.55.00 (i.e. ‘P’) packed with the aid of a machine having maximum packing speed, at which it can be operated for packing of chewing tobacco (other than filter khaini) pouch of the said retail sale price, of 450 pouches per minute, shall be = Rs. 942.10 + 18.84 x (55-50) lakh = Rs. 1036.3 lakh.

Illustration 2:- The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a filter khaini pouch having retail sale price of Rs.15.00 (i.e. ‘P’) packed with the aid of a machine having any maximum packing speed shall be = Rs.103.49 + 10.35 x (15-10) lakh = Rs.155.24 lakh.

Table-2

Illustration :- The rate of duty per packing machine per month for a jarda scented tobacco pouch having retail sale price of Rs.55.00 (i.e. ‘P’) packed with the aid of a machine having any maximum packing speed shall be = Rs. 659.47 + 13.19 x(15-10) lakh = Rs.725.42 lakh.”;

(ii) in paragraph 2, for the words “The number of packing machines”, the words “The number of packing machines and the maximum packing speed at which the machine can be operated for packing of specified goods of various retail sale prices” shall be substituted;

(iii) in paragraph 3, for Table-2, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-

Table-3

[F.No. 334/ 5 /2015 –TRU]

(Pramod Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: – The principal notification No. 16/2010-Central Excise, dated the 27th February, 2010 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 118 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010 and last amended vide notification No. 17/2014-Central Excise, dated the 11th July, 2014, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.448 (E), dated the 11th July, 2014.