Seeks to amend the Chewing Tobacco and Un-manufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty ) Rules, 2010. - 20/2012 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

[(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) New Delhi, dated 19th March, 2012 Notification No. 20/2012 - Central Excise (N.T.) G.S.R. (E)- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 3A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Chewing Tobacco and Un-manufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty ) Rules, 2010 , namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Chewing Tobacco and Un-manufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Second Amendment Rules, 2012. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Chewing Tobacco and Un-manufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2010 , (i) in rule 5, for the Table, the following shall be substituted, namely:- Table Sl. No. Retail sale price (per pouch) Capacity of production per packing machine per month for chewing tobacco (including Filter Khaini) ,unmanufactured tobacco and jarda scented tobacco (number of pouches) Without lime tube/ lime pouch With lime tube/lime pouches Filter Khaini (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 1. Up to Re.1.00 33,69,600 32,19,840 22,46,400 2. Exceeding Re. 1.00 but not exceeding Rs. 1.50 33,69,600 32,19,840 22,46,400 3. Exceeding Rs. 1.50 but not exceeding Rs. 2.00 30,32,640 28,82,880 21,46,560 4. Exceeding Rs.2.00 but not exceeding Rs.3.00 30,32,640 28,82,880 20,21,760 5. Exceeding Rs.3.00 but not exceeding Rs.4.00 28,45,440 26,58,240 19,21,920 6. Exceeding Rs.4.00 but not exceeding Rs.5.00 28,45,440 26,58,240 17,97,120 7. Exceeding Rs.5.00 but not exceeding Rs.6.00 28,45,440 26,58,240 17,22,240 8. Exceeding Rs.6.00 but not exceeding Rs.7.00 26,95,680 25,45,920 16,47,360 9 Exceeding Rs.7.00 but not exceeding Rs.8.00 26,95,680 25,45,920 15,72,480 10 Exceeding Rs.8.00 but not exceeding Rs.9.00 26,95,680 25,45,920 14,97,600 11 Exceeding Rs.9.00 but not exceeding Rs.10.00 26,95,680 25,45,920 14,22,720 12 Exceeding Rs. 10.00 but not exceeding Rs.15.00 25,45,92,0 23,96,160 14,22,720 13 Exceeding Rs. 15.00 but not exceeding Rs.20.00 23,96,160 22,83,840 - 14 Exceeding Rs.20.00 but not exceeding Rs.25.00 22,46,400 21,34,080 - 15 Exceeding Rs. 25.00 but not exceeding Rs.30.00 21,34,080 20,21,760 - 16 Exceeding Rs.30.00 but not exceeding Rs.35.00 19,84,320 18,72,000 - 17 Exceeding Rs.35.00 but not exceeding Rs.40.00 18,72,000 17,59,680 - 18 Exceeding Rs. 40.00 but not exceeding Rs.45.00 17,59,680 16,84,800 - 19 Exceeding Rs.45.00 but not exceeding Rs.50.00 16,84,800 16,09,920 - 20 Above Rs.50.00 16,84,800 16,09,920 (ii) in rule 6, in sub-rule 3,after the second proviso, following shall be inserted, namely:- Provided also that annual capacity of production for the period from the 17 th day of March, 2012 to the 31st day of March, 2012 shall be calculated on pro-rata basis for the total number of days in the month of March, 2012 and the number of days remaining in the month starting from and including 17 th day of March, 2012. [F.No. 334/1/2012-TRU] (Raj Kumar Digvijay) Under Secretary to the Government of India Note.- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 27 th February, 2010 vide notification No. 11/2010-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 27 th February, 2010, [ G.S.R.127 (E), dated the 27 th February, 2010] and were last amended vide notification number 10/2012-CE (NT), dated the 17 th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (1), vide number G.S.R 174(E) dated 17 th March, 2012.