Seeks to amend Pan Masala Packing Machines (Capacity Determination and Collection of Duty) Rules, 2008 [03/2014-CE(N.T.)
[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
 
Notification No. 03/2014--Central Excise (N.T.)
 
New Delhi, dated, 24th  January, 2014
 
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) First Amendment  Rules, 2014.
            (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 | 
            6240000 | 
        
        
            | 2. | 
            Exceeding Re. 1.00 but not exceeding Rs. 1.50 | 
            6240000 | 
        
        
            | 3. | 
            Exceeding  Rs. 1.50 but not exceeding Rs. 2.00 | 
            5928000 | 
        
        
            | 4. | 
            Exceeding Rs. 2.00 but not exceeding Rs. 3.00 | 
            5928000 | 
        
        
            | 5. | 
            Exceeding Rs. 3.00 but not exceeding Rs. 4.00 | 
            5740800 | 
        
        
            | 6. | 
            Exceeding Rs. 4.00 but not exceeding Rs. 5.00 | 
            5740800 | 
        
        
            | 7. | 
            Exceeding Rs. 5.00 but not exceeding Rs. 6.00 | 
            5740800 | 
        
        
            | 8. | 
            Above Rs. 6.00 | 
            5616000” | 
        
    
 
 
(ii)        in rule 6, in sub-rule 3, for the second proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted , namely:-
“Provided further that the annual capacity of production for the period from the 24
th day  of January, 2014 to the 31st day of January, 2014 shall be calculated  on pro-rata basis for the total number of days in the month of January,  2014 and the number of days remaining in the month starting from and  including the 24th day of January, 2014.”
(iii) in FORM – 2, in Sl.No.4, for item (iv),the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“(iv) Break-up of duty payment for apportionment between various duties is as per details below:-
    
        
            | Sr. No. | 
            Duty | 
            Duty ratio for pan masala | 
            Duty paid (Rs.) | 
            Duty ratio for pan masala containing tobacco | 
            Duty paid (Rs.) | 
        
        
            | (1) | 
            (2) | 
            (3) | 
            (4) | 
            (5) | 
            (6) | 
        
        
            | 1 | 
            The duty leviable under the Central Excise Act, 1944 | 
            0.2842 | 
              | 
            0.7665 | 
              | 
        
        
            | 2 | 
            The additional duty of excise leviableunder section 85 of the Finance Act, 2005 | 
            0.1421 | 
              | 
            0.0766 | 
              | 
        
        
            | 3 | 
            National Calamity Contingent Dutyleviable under section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 | 
            0.5446 | 
              | 
            0.1277 | 
              | 
        
        
            | 4 | 
            Education Cess leviable under section 91 of the Finance Act, 2004 | 
            0.0194 | 
              | 
            0.0194 | 
              | 
        
        
            | 5 | 
            Secondary and Higher Education Cessleviable under section 136 of the Finance Act, 2007 | 
            0.0097 | 
              | 
            0.0097” | 
              | 
        
    
 
 
[F No.354/120/2011-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 19/2012-CE (NT), dated the 19
th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (1), 
vide No.  G.S.R 225(E) dated the 19
thMarch, 2012.