Trade Notice No.31/2000 It has been brought to the notice of the Department that the instructions referred, to above are not being rigidly followed. Therefore the matter has been examined and the following instructions, in supersession of the instructions referred to above, are issued for strict compliance by all Central Excise officers visiting the factories and also by the assessees.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996.
