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

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Notification
No. 8/2017- CENTRAL EXCISE (N.T.)

New Delhi, dated the 31/3/2017

G.S.R.(E):- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 read with sub-section (1) and (3) of section 23C and sub-section (7) of section 23D of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Central Excise (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2002, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Excise (Advance Rulings) Amendment Rules, 2017.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of April, 2017.

2. In the Central Excise (Advance Rulings) Rules, 2002, in rule 2, for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

(b) "Authority" means the Authority for Advance Rulings as defined in clause (e) of section 28E if the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);.

(F.No.275/38/2016-CX.8A)

Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Note    : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, vide Notification No. 55/2002-Cys(N.T.) dated the 23nd of August, 2002 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II Section 3, (i) vide number G.S.R 593 (E), dated the 23nd of August, 2002