Production capacity based duty – notifies unmanufactured tobacco bearing a brand name and chewing tobacco for the purpose of section 3A - 10/2010 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

Recinded vide Not. 22/2017 - Dated 18-7-2017 NOTIFICATION NO. 10/2010-CX.(N.T.) Dated: February 27, 2010 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) , the Central Government hereby specifies- (i) unmanufactured tobacco bearing a brand name, falling under tariff heading 2401 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act 1985 (5 of 1986) ; and (ii) chewing tobacco falling under tariff item 2403 99 10 of the said Tariff Act , manufactured with the aid of packing machine and packed in pouches as notified goods, on which there shall be levied and collected duty of excise in accordance with the provisions of the said section 3A . 2. This notification shall come into force on the 8th March, 2010 Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification,- (a) packing machine includes all types of Form, Fill and Seal (FFS) machines and Profile Pouch Making Machine, by whatever names called, whether vertical or horizontal, with or without collar single-track or multi-track and any other type of packing machine used for packing of pouches of notified goods and (b) brand name means a brand name, whether registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as a symbol, monogram, label, signature or invented words or any writing which is used in relation to a product, for the purpose of indicating or so as to indicate, a connection in the course of trade between the product and a person using such name or mark with or without any indication of the identity of that person. [F.No.334/1/2010-TRU] (PRASHANT KUMAR) UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVT OF INDIA