Notification No. 43/2016, Dated 18th August 2016

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART-II, SECTION 3, SUBSECTION (i)]

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS

Notification No.43 /2016-Central Excise (N.T.)

New Delhi, the 18 August, 2016

G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of section 2 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with rule 3 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002, the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby invests the officers specified in column (1) of the Table below, with the powers of the Central Excise Officer of the rank specified in column (2) of the said Table, in the jurisdiction specified in Notification No. 27/2014-Central Excise, dated the 16th September, 2014 published in the Gazette of India, Extraodinary Part-II, Section 3, Sub-Section(i), vide G.S.R. 651 (E), dated the 16th September, 2014, namely:-

TABLE

Central Excise Officer	Rank of the Central Excise Officer whose powers is to be exercised
(1)	(2)
All Principal Commissioners who have been given additional charge of a Chief Commissioner vide Office Orders of the Central Board of Excise and Customs No. 79/2016 dated the 14th July, 2016 and 86/2016 dated the 26th July, 2016 respectively.	The Chief Commissioner

[F.No. 390/Review/36/2014-JC]

(M.R. Farooqui)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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