Central Excise Rules, Twelfth Amendment of 1997 - Redefining of jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners/ Commissioners - 59/97 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

Central Excise Rules, Twelfth Amendment of 1997 - Redefining of jurisdiction of Chief Commissioners/ Commissioners

Notification No. 59/97-C.E. (N.T.)

Dated 26-11-1997

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excises Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Excise Rules, 1944, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Twelfth Amendment) Rules, 1997.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Excise Rules, 1944, in rule 2, -

(a) in clause (4), -

(i) for items (xxi) and (xxii), the following items shall be substituted, namely :-

"(xxi) in the areas comprising wards of Bangalore City Municipal Corporation (other than wards number 1 to 5, 11, 80, 84 to 98 and 100), in the districts of Bangalore Rural (other than the taluks of Nelamangala, Doddaballapur, Devanahalli and Hoskote), Kolar and Bangalore Urban [other than the areas specified in item (xxii)], of the State of Karnataka, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-I;

(xxii) in the areas comprising of wards number 1 to 5, 11, 80, 84 to 98 and 100 of Bangalore City Municipal Corporation, in the district of Tumkur, in the taluks of Nelamangala, Doddaballapur, Devamnahalli and Hoskote in the district of Bangalore Rural, and in areas comprising of the hoblis of Dasanapura, Hesaragatta, Yelahanka, Jala, Bidarahalli and Krishnarajapuram (only the areas North of Bangalore - Chennai railway line), in the villages of Chokkasandra, Nagasandra, Thirumalapura, Doddabidrakallu, Karivebanahalli, Nallakadaranahalli, Handrahalli, Lingadeeranahalli, Hegganahalli, of Yeshwanthpur hobli and in the villages of Hosahalli, Herohalli, Srigandhakakaval and Laggere (only the areas North of the Thippagondanahalli - Bangalore Water Supply and Sewage Board Pipeline) of Bangalore Urban district, of the State of Karnataka, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-II;";

(ii) in item (xlix), for the words "other than those", the words "other than the districts and the areas" shall be substituted;

(iii) in item (l), for the words "Vanur taluka of Villupuram district", the words "Vanur taluka of Villupuram district and D Gudalur village of Palayam firka of Vedasandur taluka of Dindigul district" shall be substituted;

(iv) for item (lx), the following shall be substituted, namely :-

"(lx) in the district of Hooghly of the State of West Bengal, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta-IV;

and includes an Additional Commissioner, except for the purposes of Chapter VIA of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and any officer specially authorised under rule 4 or rule 5 to exercise throughout any State or any specified area therein all or any of the powers of a Commissioner under these rules.".

(b) for clause (6), the following clause shall be substituted, namely :-

"(6) "Chief Commissioner" means, in relation to all excisable goods, in the areas falling within the jurisdiction of, -

(i) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bhubneshwar-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bhubneshwar-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bolpur;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta-I;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta-II;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta-III;

(g) Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta-IV;

(h) Commissioner of Central Excise, Shillong,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Calcutta;

(ii) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Coimbatore;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai-I;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai-II;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai-III;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Madurai;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Tiruchirapalli,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai;

(iii) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Chandigarh-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Chandigarh-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi-I;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi-II;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi-III,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi;

(iv) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Guntur;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad-I;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad-II;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad-III;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Vishakhapatnam,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Hyderabad;

(v) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Allahabad;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Jamshedpur;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Kanpur-I;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Kanpur-II;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Meerut-I;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Meerut-II;

(g) Commissioner of Central Excise, Patna,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Kanpur;

(vi) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-III;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-IV;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-V;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-VI;

(g) Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai-VII,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai;

(vii) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Rajkot;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Surat-I;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Surat-II,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Vadodara;

(viii) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore-III;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Belgaum;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Cochin-I;

(f) Commissioner of Central Excise, Cochin-II,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Bangalore;

(ix) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Jaipur-I;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Jaipur-II;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Indore-I;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Indore-II;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Raipur,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Jaipur;

(x) (a) Commissioner of Central Excise, Aurangabad;

(b) Commissioner of Central Excise, Nagpur;

(c) Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune-I;

(d) Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune-II;

(e) Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa,

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Pune;"