20/2012-CE(NT), Dated: 19/03/2012
 

Seeks to amend the Chewing Tobacco and Un-manufactured Tobacco Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2010

[(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 17th 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 17th 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 27th February, 2010 vide  notification No. 11/2010-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 27th February, 2010, [ G.S.R.127 (E), dated the 27th February, 2010] and were last amended vide notification number 10/2012-CE (NT), dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (1), vide  number G.S.R 174(E)  dated 17th  March, 2012.