<h1>Amendment Requires SSI Units and Weavers to File Revised Declarations and Obtain Codes by October 31, 2008, u/r 8A.</h1> The Central Government has amended Notification No. 36/2001-Central Excise, requiring SSI units availing full excise duty exemption and not registered to file a revised declaration by October 31, 2008, in the prescribed format. Independent weavers opting for the procedure under Rule 8A of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002, must apply using the specified form and obtain a twelve-digit declarant code from the relevant Central Excise Superintendent before issuing any challan. This option, once exercised, cannot be withdrawn within the same financial year. These changes were announced in Notification No. 40/2008-CE(NT) dated September 29, 2008.