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The principal notification No. 4/2006-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2006, was published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R. 94(E), dated the 1st March, 2006, and was last amended vide notification No 25/2006-Central Excise, dated 20th March, 2006, published in the Gazette of India vide number G.S.R.168 (E), dated the 20th March, 2006.
The principal rules were notified vide notification No. 23/2004-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 10th September, 2004, and published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary vide number G.S.R.600 (E), the 10th September, 2004 and last amended vide notification No. 28/2005-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 7th June, 2005 and published vide number G.S.R.371(E), dated the 7th June, 2005.
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, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby amends or further amends the following notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance.
If the manufacturer of the food preparations produces a certificate from an officer not below the rank of the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India or not below the rank of the Deputy Secretary to the State Government concerned to the effect that such food preparations have been distributed free to the economically weaker sections of the society under a programme duly approved by the Central Government or the State Government concerned.
The application in Form A, along with the prescribed enclosures and the relevant extracts of the records maintained under the Central Excise Rules, 2002, CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004, or the Service Tax Rules, 1994,in original, are filed with the Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise or the Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, before the expiry of the period specified in section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944.
Refund of CENVAT credit, – Where any input or input service is used in the manufacture of final product which is cleared for export under bond or letter of undertaking, as the case may be, or used in the intermediate product cleared for export, or used in providing output service which is exported, the CENVAT credit in respect of the input or input service so used shall be allowed to be utilized by the manufacturer or provider of output service towards payment of,
For the purposes of this notification, “retail package” means a package containing pan masala which is produced, distributed, displayed, delivered or stored for sale through retail sales agencies or other instrumentalities for consumption by an individual or a group of individuals.
For the purposes of this notification “retail sale price” means the maximum price at which the excisable goods in packaged form may be sold to the ultimate consumer and includes all taxes, local or otherwise, freight, transport charges, commission payable to dealers
section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts Naphtha falling under heading 2710 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 16 percent ad valorem.
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, on 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 and Company Affairs.
