[(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 | -” |
“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.