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In the Annexure to the said notification, in List 11, in item No. 48, for the letters STPP, the letters TPP shall be substituted.
Addition of Mundra Port in para vii of Notification No. 44/2001-CE (NT) dated 26.06.2001 – In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (3) read with sub-rule (2) of rule 19 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 44/2001-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 26th June, 2001, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 473(E), dated the 26th June, 2001, namely:-
Notification No. 30/2015-Central Excise i) in the case of capital goods, such goods are not proved to the satisfaction of the said officer to have been installed or otherwise used within the user industry, within the period of validity of the Letter of Permission (LoP);
Notification No. 29/2015-Central Excise- New Delhi, the 22nd May, 2015 Central Government on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 6/2005-Central Excise, dated the 1st March, 2005, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 126(E), dated the 1st March, 2005, namely :-
Notification No. 15/2015-Central Excise (N.T.) Dated: May 19, 2015- Amends notification no. 12/2014 CE(NT) – Refund of Unutilized Cenvat Credit under Rule 5B of Cenvat Credit to the Service Provider – No refund in respect of supply of manpower for any purpose or security services w.e.f. 1-6-2015
Notification No. 14/2015-Central Excise (N.T.)), Dated: May 19, 2015 Amends Rule 6 of the Cenvat Credit Rules, 2004 – Rate of amount of reversal of Credit increased from 6% to 7% with effect from 1st of June, 2015.
SLP proposals are to be sent in case adverse judgments relate to the following, irrespective of the amount involved: (a) Where the constitutional validity of the provisions of an Act or Rule is under challenge; and (b) Where Notification/Instruction/Order or Circular has been held to be illegal or ultra vires.
Notification No. 28/2015-Central Excise Amendment in Notification No. 22/2003 and 23/2003- Central Excise, dated the 31st March, 2003. Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-
Circular No. 1003/10/2015-CX Dated 05.05.2015 Kind attention is invited to Notification No. 8/2015 – Central Excise (NT) dated 1-3-2015 amending Central Excise Rules, 2002 (CER). Representations have been received from trade regarding the scope and purpose of third and fourth proviso inserted in sub-rule (2) of rule 11 particularly with reference to procedural requirement after the amendment where an indenting or unregistered dealer negotiates transit sale. For ease of reference these two provisos are reproduced below –
Notification No. 13/2015-Central Excise (N.T.), Dated: April 30, 2015 Chewing Tobacco and Unmanufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Amendment Rules, 2015
