Central Excise Notification No. 52 dated 17^th October 2002 (As amended by Notification No. 16 dated 1^st March 2003)

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) (hereinafter referred to as the said Special importance Act) and sub-section (3) of Section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 (14 of 2001) (hereinafter referred to as the said Finance Act) and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the erstwhile Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 121/94-Central Excise, dated the 11^th August, 1994, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts all goods falling under sub-heading No. 2106.00 and Chapter 24 of the First Schedule to the� Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as the said tariff Act) manufactured in a factory and used within the factory of production in or in relation to the manufacture of final products all goods falling under chapter 24 of the First Schedule to the said Tariff Act, from the whole of the duty of excises and additional duty of excise and national calamity contingent duty leviable thereon, which is specified in the respective Schedules to the said Tariff Act and the said Special Importance Act and the said Finance Act:

Provided that noting contained in the notification shall apply to inputs used in or in relation to the manufacture of final products (other that those cleared either to a unit in a Free Trade Zone or to a 100% Export Oriented Undertaking or to a unit in an Electronic Hardware Technology Park or Software Technology Parks), which are exempt from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon or are chargeable to �Nil� rate of duty.