The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 154] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MAY 9, 1977 VAISAKHA 19, 1899
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DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND BANKING
NOTIFICATION
CENTRAL EXCISES
New Delhi, the 9th May 1977
G.S.R 231 (E)—In exercise of the powers conferred fay sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Department of Revenue and Banking No. 103/79- Central Excises dated the 16th March, 1976, the Central Government hereby exempts footwear falling under sub-item (1) of Item No 36 of the First Schedule to the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon
Provided that—
(1) such footwear is produced by or on behalf of a manufacturer in one or more factories, including the precincts thereof, wherein not more than 40 workers are working, or were working on any day of the preceding 12 months, and
(ii) the total equivalent of power used in the manufacture of such footwear by or on behalf of a manufacturer in one or more factories does not exceed 2 Horse power
836 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PA RT II—SEC. 3(1)