Effective date appointment: amendments to the Central Excise Tariff Act to come into force as notified under the Finance Act. The Central Government, exercising powers under the Finance Act, 1994, clause (b) of section 62, appoints 1 March 1997 as the date on which the amendments specified in the Fourth Schedule to the Finance Act, 1994 shall come into force in relation to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, by statutory notification.