24th February, 2005

Notification No. 2/2005-Central Excise

           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 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 (14 of 2001) and section 169 of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following or further amendments in all the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) issued under any of the said sections and which are for the time being in force on the date of commencement of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005), namely:-

            In each of the said notifications, for the references to the Chapter or heading No. or sub-heading No. of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), as the case may be, relating to any goods or class of goods, wherever occurring in the said notification, the corresponding references of the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the said Central Excise Tariff Act, as amended by the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005) shall be substituted.

       This notification shall come into force on the 28^th day of February, 2005.

F. No.4/3/2004–CX.1 (pt.V)

V. Sivasubramanian
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

Note.- This notification intends to take care of the technical changes adopted in the numbering scheme for Central Excise classification through the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005). These amendments do not involve any substantive changes in the existing notifications. Hence, the particulars of the individual notification are not indicated.