Notification
No. 4/2011-Central Excise (N.T.)
New Delhi, the 1st March, 2011
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Central
Excise Act, 1944 (1 of
1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend
the Central Excise
Rules, 2002, namely:-
- (1) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Amendment) Rules, 2011.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official
Gazette.
- In the Central Excise Rules, 2002,-
- in rule 4, after sub-rule (1), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), every person who gets
the goods,
falling under Chapter 61 or 62 or 63 of the First Schedule to the Tariff Act,
produced or
manufactured on his account on job work, shall pay the duty leviable on such
goods, at such time and in such manner as is provided under these rules, as if such goods have
been
manufactured by such person:
Provided that such person may authorize the job worker to pay the duty leviable
on such
goods on his behalf and the job worker so authorized may undertake to discharge
all
liabilities and comply with all the provisions of these rules:
Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-rule, the expression "job worker"
means a person
engaged in manufacture, or undertaking any process on behalf and under the
instructions of
such person for manufacturing, from any inputs or goods supplied by such person
or by any
other person authorized by such person so as to complete a part or whole of the
process
resulting ultimately in the manufacture of goods falling under chapters 61 or 62
or 63 of the
First schedule to the Tariff Act, and the term “job work” shall be construed
accordingly.”;
- after rule 12 CC, the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“12 D. Application of the rules.─ The provisions of these rules shall apply to a
person who
is liable to pay the duty or duties of excise leviable on goods falling under
Chapter 61 or 62
or 63 of the First Schedule to the Tariff Act under sub-rule (1A) of rule 4 as
if such goods
have been manufactured by him.”.
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide
notification No. 4/2002-Central
Excise (N.T.), dated the 1st March, 2002, vide GSR 143 (E) dated the 1st March,
2002, and were last
amended by notification No. 20/2010-Central Excise (N.T.), dated the 18th May,
2010, vide G.S.R. 417
(E) dated the 18th May, 2010.