TO BE PUBLISHED IN PART II, SECTION 3, SUB SECTION (i) OF THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, DATED THE 9TH FEBRUARY,

2000 20 MAGHA, 1921 (SAKA) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE New Delhi, dated the 9th February, 2000. 08 Magha, 1921 (SAKA) NOTIFICATION No. 3/2000-CENTRAL EXCISE, dated 9-2-2000. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5 A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with sub-section (3) of sect ion 3 of the Additional duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excis e (Textile and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby mak es the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of Indi a in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 33/99-Central Excise, dated the 8th July, 1999, namely:In the said notification, in the opening paragraph, for the words "hereby ex empts the goods specified in the Schedule appended to this notification and clea red from a unit located in the state of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh, as the case may be, from so much o f the duty of excise", the words, brackets and letters "hereby exempts the goods , (a) specified in the Schedule appended to this notification and cleared from a u nit located in the state of Assam or Tripura or Meghalaya or Mizoram or Manipur or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh, as the case may be, or (b) cleared from the Namuligarh Refinery, from so much of the duty of excise" sh all be submitted. (PRASHANT KUMAR SINHA) UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA F.NO.354/177/99-TRU Note :The principal notification No. 33/99-Central Excise, dated the 8th Ju ly, 1999 was published in the Gazette of India , Extraordinary vide G.S.R. 509(E ), dated the 8th July, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 1/2000-Cent ral Excise, dated the 17th January, 2000 [G.S.R. 49(E), dated the 17th January, 2000].