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In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-clause (3) of clause 85 of the Finance Bill, 2005, the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods, produced and used within the factory of their production in the manufacture of final product on which additional duty of excise is leviable under sub-clause (1) of clause 85 of the said Finance Bill
– 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 rescinds the following notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue),
polyamides, polyesters, polyurethenes, or polyvinyl derivatives; or (b) chemical transformation of natural organic polymers (cellulose, casein, proteins or algae), such as, viscose rayon, cellulose acetate, cupro or alginates.
For the purposes of this notification, the special economic zone means the special economic zones notified by the Government of India, under section 76A of the Customs Act, 1962 ( 52 of 1 962),by declaring various area specific economic zones as such zones for the respective areas.
Duty of excise leviable there on as is equivalent to the additional duty of customs leviable on such goods under sub-section (5) of section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), as amended by clause 72 of the Finance Bill, 2005, the clause which has, by virtue of the declaration made in the said Finance Bill under the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931 (16 of 1931), the force of law, read with proviso to subsection (1) of section 3 of the said Central Excise Act, 1944 ( 1 of 1944)
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 157 of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts tea and tea waste from the whole of the additional duty of excise leviable under sub-section (1) of section 157 of the said Finance Act.
For the purposes of this notification, ‘brand name or trade name’ means a brand name or trade 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 some person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 127 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002, and was last amended by notification No. 56/2004-Central Excise, dated the 3 1st December,2004 and published vide number G.S.R. No. 850(E), dated the 31st December,2004.
For the purposes of this notification, ‘brand name or trade name’ means a brand name or trade 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 some person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person
I am directed to draw your attention to this Department’s Notification No.6/2005-CE (NT) dated 24.2.2005, issued from F.No.4/3/2002-CX.I (Part-II), which notifies that the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 will come into force with effect from 28th February 2005. The said Act is being uploaded on the CBEC website, (www.cbec.gov.in).
