Amends Notification No. 272/79-C.E. - G.E. No. 21 - 247/87 - Central Excise - Tariff

Amends Notification No. 272/79-C.E. - G.E. No. 21 Notification No. 247/87-C.E. Dated 3-11-1987 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of Rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, read with sub-section (3) of Section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendments in the Notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 272/79-Central Excises, dated the 18th October, 1979, namely :- In the said notification, - (i) after paragraph 2, the following paragraph shall be inserted namely :- "2A. Without prejudice to any other provisions contained in this notification, where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Assistant Collector of Central Excise - (a) that any unit in the said Zone has been allowed to withdraw from the said Zone, or has been permitted to dispose of any capital goods outside the said Zone in any other place in India, by the Kandla Free Trade Zone Board appointed by the Resolution of the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce No. 5/19/74-FTZ, dated the 5th December, 1974; and (b) that the concerned capital goods so permitted have been used within the said Zone for a period of not less than three years, the Assistant Collector of Central Excise may allow such capital goods to be taken outside the said Zone to any other place in India on payment of an amount equal to the duty leviable on such capital goods on the depreciated value thereof at the time of clearance."; (ii) for paragraph 3, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely :- "3. For the purposes of this notification, the Kandla Free Trade Zone shall comprise the places bearing the survey number and enclosed by the boundaries specified below :- SURVEY NUMBERS (a) 199, 200, 201, 202, 204, 205, 206 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221 222, 223, 224, 257, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 302, 303, 304, 310, 312, 313 and 315 in the Taluka of Anjar District of Kutch, State of Gujarat, at a distance of 9.6 kilometres from the port of Kandla, and enclosed by a 3.3528 metres high fencing, consisting of stones masonary in mild steel bar mesh at the top, extending 1,042.49 metres in the North, 1,529.51 metres in the West, 777.85 metres in the South and 1,847.88 metres in the East; and (b) 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 210, 213, 214, 215, 227, 256, 258, 259, 264, 265, 298, 299, 300, 307, 308, 309, 311, 314, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328 and 331 in the Taluka of Anjar, District of Kutch, State of Gujarat, at a distance of 9.6 kilometres from the port of Kandla, enclosed partly by 3.3528 metres high fencing consisting of stone masonary in the plinth and mild steel bar mesh at the top and partly by 4.20 metres wall consisting of stone masonary wall upto 3 metres with 1.20 metres barbed wire fencing at the top. These two combined together extending upto 1552.49 metres in the North, 1512.00 metres in the South, 1849.08 metres in the East and 1560.00 metres in the West.".