Processed textile fabrics inclusion expands central excise notification coverage; knitting expressly added to fabric operations.
Amendment broadens the notification's scope by substituting the earlier tariff reference with an explicit inclusion of processed textile fabrics of cotton or man-made fibres falling under specified headings, affecting paragraph 1 and clause (c) of paragraph 2; it also amends Explanation II to add knitting to the listed fabric-producing operations alongside spinning and weaving.

Excise exemption scope expanded for processed textile fabrics, with transitional clearance allowed for pre-amendment manufacture.
The notification amends the exemption by substituting paragraph 1 to include processed textile fabrics of cotton or man-made fibres under specified tariff headings, inserts a transitional clause allowing clearance of such fabrics manufactured before the amendment but cleared on or after the effective date, and expands Explanation II to include knitting alongside spinning and weaving.

Central Excise Rules amendment updates administrative allocation of Commissioners by omitting and inserting specified subitems.
Amendment to the Central Excise Rules omits specified subitems and inserts new subitems enumerating additional Commissioner of Central Excise designations, revising the roster of commissioners; it is titled the Central Excise (First Amendment) Rules, 1999 and commences on publication in the Official Gazette.

Central Excise tariff amendment substitutes a table entry in the notification and takes effect on 5 January 1999.
Amendment to the Central Excise tariff notification substitutes the entry in column (3) against serial No.1 of Notification No. 20/97-Central Excise by replacing the prior entry with the newly specified monetary value, enacted under the authority of sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise Act, 1944, and brought into force on 5 January 1999.