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the Central Government 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 Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 22/2003- Central Excise dated the 31st March, 2003
All Principal Commissioners who have been given additional charge of a Chief Commissioner vide Office Orders of the Central Board of Excise and Customs No. 79/2016 dated the 14th July, 2016 and 86/2016 dated the 26th July, 2016 respectively.
Specification of 17th August, 2016 as the date on which clause (v) of rule 5 and rule 6 of Central Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2016 notified by Notificaton No. 8/2016- Central Excise (NT) dated 1st March, 2016, shall come into force
Seeks to amend CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004 so as to withdraw the facility to avail of CENVAT credit of duty paid on molasses generated in the sugar season 2015-16 (i.e. 1st October, 2015 to 30th September 2016) which is used for producing ethanol for supply to public sector OMCs for blending with petrol by omitting rule 6 (6) (ix) of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2004.
Seeks to further amend notification No.12/2012-Central Excise, dated 17.03.2012 so as to withdraw the excise duty exemption on ethanol produced from molasses generated in the sugar season 2015-16 (i.e. 1st October, 2015 to 30th September 2016), for supply to the public sector OMCs for blending with petrol.
G.S.R. 749(E).—In the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 26/2016-CE, dated the 26th July, 2016 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 728 (E), dated the 26th July, 2016, in column (3), the entry, namely,—
a) Annex I – contains a brief summary of the amendments made vide various notifications to the existing Tariff and Non-Tariff notifications and issuances of new rules namely the Articles of Jewellery (Collection of Duty) Rules, 2016. b) Annex II – contains a brief summary of clarifications and instructions issued by way of circulars.
i. All jewellery manufactured and removed, on or before February 29, 2016, from the premises of the job workers or any other premises where such articles of jewellery were manufactured, and (a) lying at different premises (including branches) of the principal manufacturer, or
i. No transit checks shall be carried out by the excise officials for checking movement of semi-finished or finished articles of jewellery. ii. Visits, search of the premises of a manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery, issue of summons, seizure, arrest and prosecution may be initiated only when there is a clear reason to believe that there is an act of evasion, formed at the level of Commissioner or an equivalent rank officer.
A manufacturer or principal manufacturer of articles of jewellery may also do trading of articles of jewellery from his central excise registered premises. No excise duty will be payable on the sale of traded articles of jewellery [on which appropriate excise duty, including nil duty, has already been paid].
