[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)

                                                           New Delhi, dated the 25th March, 2013

                       NOTIFICATION No. 13/2013- CENTRAL EXCISE

G.S.R.      189 (E).- 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, on being satisfied that it is
necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments 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, published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R.256 (E), dated the 16th March, 1995, namely:-







         In the said notification, in the Table, after serial number 33 and the entries relating
thereto, the following serial number and entries shall be inserted, namely:-
(1)      (2)                                                 (3)
"3 Equipment         and If,-
4    stores                (i) used for the systems and sub-systems of Project ASTRA of the
                           Government of India in the Ministry of Defence;


                           (ii) before clearance of the said goods, a certificate from the Project
                           Director, ASTRA, Defence Research and Development Laboratory,
                           Hyderabad, in the Ministry of Defence to the effect that the goods are
                           intended for the aforesaid use is produced to the proper officer; and


                            (iii) the aforesaid use is elsewhere than in the factory of production
                           of the said goods, the manufacturer produces within five months
                           from the date of clearance or within such extended period as the
                           Deputy Commissioner        of   Central   Excise    or   the Assistant
                         Commissioner of Central Excise, as the case may be, may allow in
                         this regard, a certificate from the said Project Director, ASTRA,
                         indicating the date of receipt of the said goods by that organisation
                         and certifying that they have been actually put to the aforesaid use.


                         Explanation. ­ Nothing contained in this exemption shall have effect
                         on or after the 1st day of September, 2013.".

                                                               [F.No.354/14/2006 ­TRU(Pt- II)]









                                                                          (Raj Kumar Digvijay)
                                                    Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: - The principal notification No.64/95-Central Excise, dated the 16 th March, 1995 was
published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 256(E), dated the 16th
March, 1995 and was last amended by notification No. 4/2013- Central Excise, dated the 20 th
February, 2013 vide number G.S.R. 113(E), dated the 20th February, 2013.