Seeks to amend Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008

Last updated: 22 March 2012

Notice Date : 19 March 2012

[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. 19/2012 - 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 Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008, namely :-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Pan Masala 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 Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008,-

(i) in rule 5, for the Table, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“Table

Sl. No.	Retail sale price (per pouch)	Number of pouches per operating packing machine per month
1.	Up to Re. 1.00	56,16,000
2.	Exceeding Re. 1.00 but not exceeding Rs. 1.50	56,16,000
3.	Exceeding Rs. 1.50 but not exceeding Rs. 2.00	53,35,200
4.	Exceeding Rs. 2.00 but not exceeding Rs. 3.00	53,35,200
5.	Exceeding Rs. 3.00 but not exceeding Rs. 4.00	51,66,720
6.	Exceeding Rs. 4.00 but not exceeding Rs. 5.00	51,66,720
7.	Exceeding Rs. 5.00 but not exceeding Rs. 6.00	51,66,720
8.	Above Rs. 6.00	50,54,400”

(ii) in rule 6, in sub-rule 3, after the 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 1^st July, 2008 vide notification No. 30/2008-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 1^st July, 2008, [ G.S.R.127 (E), dated the 1^st July, 2008] and were last amended vide notification number 11/2012-CE (NT), dated the 17^th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (1), vide No. G.S.R 175(E) dated 17^th March, 2012.