Central Excise Rules - Tenth Amendment of 1998 - 29/98 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

Central Excise Rules - Tenth Amendment of 1998 Notification No. 29/98-C.E. (N.T.) Dated 18-8-1998 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Excise Rules, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), namely :- 1. (I) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 1998. (II) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In rule 2 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, in clause (4), - (a) for item (xv), the following shall be substituted, namely :- "(xv) in the City taluka and Daskroi taluka in the district of Ahmedabad of the State of Gujarat, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-I;"; (b) for item (xvi), the following item shall be substituted, namely :- "(xvi) in the district of Ahmedabad (excluding the City taluka and Daskroi taluka), Dasada taluka in the district of Surendranagar, districts of Kheda, Anand, Gandhinagar, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan and Sabarkantha, of the State of Gujarat, the Commissioner of Central Excise, Ahmedabad-II;". Note : 1. The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide Notification No. IV D-CE, dated the 28th February, 1944 and subsequently last amended by Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 11/98-Central Excise, dated 12th May, 1998. 2. The intention of this amendment is to redefine the jurisdiction of Central Excise Commissionerates of Ahmedabad-I and Ahmedabad-II in geographical terms.