Amends notification no. 32/99, 33/99, 56/2003, 71/2003, - Exemption to goods manufactured in States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim - 021/2007 - Central Excise - Tariff

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Amends notification no. 32/99, 33/99, 56/2003, 71/2003, - Exemption to goods manufactured in States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim

[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, the 25^th April, 2007.

5 Vaisakha, 1929 (Saka)

Notification No.21/2007-Central Excise

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Textile and Textile Articles) Act, 1978, (40 of 1978) the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby further amends the following notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, in the manner and to the extent specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

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S.No	Notification No. and date	Amendments
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	32/99-Central Excise, dated the 8^th July, 1999. [G.S.R. 508(E), dated the 8^th July, 1999]	In the said notification,- (a) in paragraph 1, (i) for clause (i), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "(i) the following goods, namely,- (a) Pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the said First Schedule; (b) goods falling under Chapter 24 of the said First Schedule; (c) Plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705(E) dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003 manufactured by a unit; and " (ii) after clause (ii), for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:- "Provided that the exemption contained in this notification shall not be applicable to pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the said First Schedule; goods falling under Chapter 24 of the said First Schedule; and plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705 (E), dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003."; (b) in paragraph 3, i) in clause (a), after the words and figures, "24^th day of December, 1997", the words and figures "but not later than the 31^st day of March, 2007" shall be inserted; ii) in clause (b), in the end, after the words and figures, "on or after 24^th day of December, 1997", the words and figures, "but not later than the 31^st of March, 2007" shall be inserted; and (c) after paragraph (4), the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- "5. The exemption contained in this notification shall not apply to such goods which have been subjected to only one or more of the following processes, namely, preservation during storage, cleaning operations, packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labeling or re-labelling of containers, sorting, declaration or alteration of retail sale price and have not been subjected to any other process or processes amounting to manufacture in the States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim.";
2.	33/99-Central Excise, dated the 8^th July, 1999. [G.S.R. 509(E), dated the 8^th July, 1999]	In the said notification,- (a) in paragraph 1, in clause (a), for the words and figures "other than goods falling under Chapter 24 of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986)", the words and figures "other than pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the First Schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); goods falling under Chapter 24 of the said First Schedule and plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705 (E) dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003 and goods falling under Chapter 27 of the said First Schedule and which are produced by petroleum oil or gas refineries," shall be substituted; (b) after paragraph 1A, in the proviso, for the words and figures "goods falling under Chapter 24", the words and figures "pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the First Schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); goods falling under chapter 24 of the said First Schedule; plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705(E), dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003 and goods falling under Chapter 27 of the said First Schedule and which are produced by petroleum oil or gas refineries." shall be substituted; (c) in paragraph 3, (i) in clause (a), after the words and figures, "24^th day of December, 1997", the words and figures " but not later than the 31^st day of March, 2007" shall be inserted; (ii) in clause (b), in the end, after the words and figures, "on or after 24^th day of December, 1997", the words and figures, "but not later than the 31^st of March, 2007" shall be inserted; (d) after paragraph (4), the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- "5. The exemption contained in this notification shall not apply to such goods which have been subjected to only one or more of the following processes, namely, preservation during storage, cleaning operations, packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labeling or re-labelling of containers, sorting, declaration or alteration of retail sale price and have not been subjected to any other process or processes amounting to manufacture in the States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim.";
3.	56/2003-Central Excise, dated the 25^th June, 2003, [G.S.R. 513(E), dated the 25^th June, 1999]	In the said notification,- (i) after paragraph (4), the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- "5. The exemption contained in this notification shall not apply to such goods which have been subjected to only one or more of the following processes, namely, preservation during storage, cleaning operations, packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labeling or re-labelling of containers, sorting, declaration or alteration of retail sale price and have not been subjected to any other process or processes amounting to manufacture in the States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim."; (ii) in the Annexure, for item 1, the following serial numbers and items shall be substituted, namely:- " 1A. Pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the First Schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); 1B. goods falling under Chapter 24 of the said First Schedule; 1C. plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705 (E) dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003; 1D. goods falling under Chapter 27 of the said First Schedule and which are produced by petroleum oil or gas refineries;"
4.	71/2003-Central Excise, dated the 9^th September, 2003, [G.S.R. 717(E), dated the 9^th September, 2003]	In the said notification,- (i) after paragraph (6), the following paragraph shall be inserted, namely:- "7. The exemption contained in this notification shall not apply to such goods which have been subjected to only one or more of the following processes, namely, preservation during storage, cleaning operations, packing or repacking of such goods in a unit container or labeling or re-labelling of containers, sorting, declaration or alteration of retail sale price and have not been subjected to any other process or processes amounting to manufacture in the States of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh or Sikkim."; (ii) in the Annexure-I, for item 1, the following serial numbers and items shall be substituted, namely:- "1A. Pan masala falling under Chapter 21 of the First Schedule of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986); 1B. goods falling under Chapter 24 of the said First Schedule 1C. plastic carry bags of less than 20 microns as specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O.705 (E) dated the 2^nd of September, 1999 and S.O. 698(E) dated the 17^th of June, 2003; 1D. goods falling under Chapter 27 of the said First Schedule and which are produced by petroleum oil or gas refineries;"

[F.No. 354/18/2007-TRU]

(S.Bajaj)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note:- (1) The principal notification No. 32/99-Central Excise, dated the 8^th of July, 1999, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 508(E), dated the 8^th of July, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 65/2003-Central Excise, dated the 6^th August, 2003, published vide number G.S.R.639(E), dated the 6^th August, 2003.

(2) The principal notification No. 33/99-Central Excise, dated the 8^th of July, 1999, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 509(E), dated the 8^th of July, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 65/2003-Central Excise, dated the 6^th August, 2003, published vide number G.S.R.639(E), dated the 6^th August, 2003.

(3) The principal notification No. 56/2003-Central Excise, dated the 25^th June, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 513(E), dated the the 25^th June, 2003, and was last amended by notification No. 27/2004-Central Excise, dated the 9^th July, 2004 published vide number G.S.R.418(E), dated the 9^th July, 2004.

(4) The principal notification No. 71/2003-Central Excise, dated the 9^th September, 2003, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 717(E), dated the 9^th September, 2003, and was last amended by notification No. 27/2004-Central Excise, dated the 9^th July, 2004 published vide number G.S.R.418(E), dated the 9^th July, 2004.