25th September, 2001

Notification No. 46/2001-Central Excise

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 64/95-Central Excise, dated the 16th March,1995, namely:-

In the said notification, in the Table, after serial No.19 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-

(1)	(2)	(3)
" 20.	Pistol 9 mm. falling under Chapter 93	If,- (i) manufactured by M/S Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad and supplied to the Police Forces of the States or the Union territories; and (ii) before the clearance of the said goods, an officer not below the rank of a Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India recommends grant of this exemption indicating the full description and quantity of the said goods to be supplied to the said force.".

G.D.Lohani
Under Secretary to the Government of India

F.No. 354/125/2001-TRU

Note:- The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification No. 64/95-Central Excise, dated the 16th March,1995 [G.S.R. 256(E), dated the 16th March,1995] and was last amended by notification No.49/2000-Central Excise, dated the 29th September, 2000 [G.S.R. 764 (E), dated the 29th September, 2000]