Court Rules Nail Enamel Production Qualifies for Area-Based Exemption Under Central Excise Act, Section 2(f)(iii.

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....Area Based Exemption - manufacture taking place or not - A conjoint reading of the definition of manufacture in section 2(f) (iii) of the Excise Act and Chapter Note 5 of Chapter 33 of the First Schedule to the Excise Act and the aforesaid treatment adopted on the goods (colour solution) by the appellant would render the product marketable to the consumer as nail enamel and, therefore, the appellant would be covered by the exemption notification dated 10.06.2003 since the appellant has adopted such a treatment to the goods that rendered them marketable to the consumer. - AT....