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The effect of the Notification is that the officers at the level of Superintendents and above of the Customs & Central Excise department are empowered for entry, search and seizure only at the premises registered under the Central Excise & Customs. Therefore, officers are not empowered to enter, search etc. for premises which are not registered with the department for carrying out any act under the COTP Act, 2003.
The matter has been examined. Board is of the view that extension of the facility of export warehousing to Gautam Budh Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Nagpur district in the state of Maharashtra would facilitate the trade and industry. Accordingly, it is decided to amend paragraph 2(2) of the said Circular dated 29.6.2001 to include Gautam Budh Nagar district in the state of Uttar Pradesh and Nagpur district in the state of Maharashtra.
It has been brought to the notice of the Board that Hon’ble High Court of Himachal Pradesh in the case of Indo Farm Tractors & Motors Ltd. V/s UOI [2008(222) ELT184 (HP)], has held that Automobile Cess Rules are not applicable for imposition of cess on tractors. The said judgement was upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in CWP No. 895/2005. Subsequent to the said judgement, some of the manufacturers have stopped paying cess on the tractors manufactured by them.
packing machine includes all types of Form, Fill and Seal (FFS) Machines and Profile Pouch Making Machines, by whatever name called, whether vertical or horizontal, with or without collar, single track or multi-track and any other type of packing machine used for packing of pouches of notified goods.
brand name’ means a brand name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as a symbol, monogram, label, signature or invented words or any writing which is used in relation to a product, for the purpose of indicating or so as to indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the product and a person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person.
In exercise of the powers conferred by subsections (1) and (2) of section 4A 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.49/2008Central Excise (N.T.),
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008, namely.
the portion beginning with the brackets and letter “(A)” and ending with the brackets, letter and words “(b) Output Services-“, and portion beginning with the brackets and letter (B) and ending with the brackets, letter and words “(b)Import Services” shall be omitted.
Provided further that if the capital goods, on which CENVAT Credit has been taken, are removed after being used, the manufacturer or provider of output services shall pay an amount equal to the CENVAT Credit taken on the said capital goods reduced by the percentage points calculated by straight line method as specified below for each quarter of a year or part thereof from the date of taking the CENVAT Credit, namely:-
For the purposes of this proviso, it is hereby c/arified that an assessee sha// be e/igib/e, if his aggregate va/ue of c/earances of a// excisab/e goods for home consumption in the preceding financia/ year, computed in the manner specified in the said notification, did not exceed rupees four hundred lakhs.