NOTIFICATION                New Delhi dated the 1st March, 1997
No.4/97-CENTRAL EXCISE(N.T) 10 Phalguna, 1918  (Saka)
                               
G.S.R.     (E). - In exercise of the powers conferred  by  sub-
rule  (5)  of rule 57A of the Central Excise Rules,  1944,  the
Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the
public  interest  so to do, hereby makes the following  further
amendment  in  notification  of  Government  of  India  in  the
Ministry  of  Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 29/96-Central
Excises (N.T.), dated the 3rd September, 1996, namely :-

     In paragraph 2 of the said notification,-

(i)  in  clause(I), for sub-clause(b), the following sub-clause
shall be substituted, namely :-

"  (b)  50  per cent. of the duty of excise leviable under  the
Central   Excise  Act,  1944  (1  of  1944),  read   with   any
notification for the time being in force, on the final products
other than  those specified in sub-clause (a),"; and

(ii) in clause(II), for sub-clause(b), the following sub-clause
shall be substituted, namely :-

"  (b)  60  per cent. of the duty of excise leviable under  the
Central   Excise  Act,  1944  (1  of  1944),  read   with   any
notification for the time being in force, on the final products
other than those specified in sub-clause (a),".
  
   
  
                                            ( NAVNEET GOEL )
                     UNDER SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA