Amendment in Central Excise Rules, 1944 - 035/99 - Central Excise - Non Tariff

Amendment in Central Excise Rules, 1944 

Notification No. 35/99-CE(NT)

Dated 18/5/1999

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. (i) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 1999.

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

2. In the Central Excise Rules, 1944.

(a) rules 56AA, 96G, 96H, 173GG, 173K, 222, 224C and sub-rules (2), (3) and (4) of rule 227 shall be omitted.,

(b) in Chapter V, Section AAA shall be omitted;

(c) in rule 173Q, in sub-rule (1), in clause (bb), -

(i) for the words ""credit of duty or money"", wherever they occur, the words ""credit of duty"" shall be substituted;

(ii) the word and letters ""or AAA"" shall be omitted;

(d) in rule 209, in sub-rule (1), in clause (bb), -

(i) for the words ""credit of duty or money"", wherever they occur, the words ""credit of duty"" shall be substituted;

(ii) the word and letters ""or AAA' shall be omitted;

(e) for rule 223, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: -

""223. Stock of excisable goods to be stored in an orderly manner. -

(1) All excisable goods stored in the premises of a person registered under these rules or stored in a public warehouse, whether without or after payment of duty, shall be stocked in an orderly manner, so as to facilitate their counting and verification by the Central Excise Officer with reference to Entry Book or warehouse register.

(2) A breach of this rule shall be punishable with a penalty which may extend to one thousand rupees."";

(f) in Appendix-I, under heading ""Forms"", under sub-heading ""(I) List of Central Excise Forms"", serial number 55GGG and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted.