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I am directed to refer to Board’s Circular No.766/82/2003-CX dated 15th December, 2003. Attention is drawn to para 6 of the said Circular and the said para 6 may be treated as omitted from the said Circular
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Board of Excise and Customs, referred to in that section, empowers every Central Excise Officer, not below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise
Attention is invited to Board’s Circular No.19/13/96 dated 21.11.96 wherein instructions were issued relating to visit of Central Excise officers to the premises of the assesses for conducting audit of services relating to telephones, insurance and stock brokers. Subsequently, the coverage of Service Tax Audit was extended to other services also on a selective basis vide Circular No.38/1/2002-CX dated 7.2.2002.
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002 [G.S.R. 127 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002] and was last amended by notification No. 12/2004-Central Excise, dated the 4th February, 2004 [G.S.R. No. 97 (E), dated the 4th February, 2004.
for the purposes of thus exemption “appropriate duties of excise” shall mean the duties of excise leviable under the First Schedule and Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (1 of 1986) the additional duty of excise leviable under the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1998 (21 of 1998) and the special additional excise dutq leviable under section 147 of the Finance Act,
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (2) of rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance
I am directed to state that the Board has examined the proposal for specifying the jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners of Central Excise relating to allocation of Appeal cases within their respective jurisdictions amongst Commissioners of Central Excise (Appeals). References have been received to consider specifying the jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners of Central Excise
(1) The principal notification No.56/2002-Central Excise, dated the 14th November, 2002 was published in the Gazette of India, vide number G.S.R. 764 (E), dated the 14th November, 2002 and was last amended by notification No. 79/2003-Central Excise, dated the 22nd December, 2003, [G.S.R. 962 (E), dated the 22nd December, 2003.
I am directed to say that the Board has circulated the views of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) vide circulars No. 128/39/95-CX dated 25-51995-CX and No 228/114/96-CX dated 19.12.96 about the classification of goods to be classified as “Handicrafts” for availing exemption of excise duty under notification No. 76/86-CX dated 10-2-86. The circular dated 19.12.96 was issued in the light of judgment of the Hon”ble Supreme Court in the case of CCE.,
The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 6/2002-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2002 [G.S.R. 127 (E), dated the 1st March, 2002] and was last amended by notification No. 5 /2004-Central Excise, dated the 19 January, 2004 [G.S.R. No. 50 (E), dated the 19 January, 2004.
