In section 11A of the Central Excises Act, in sub-section (3), in clause (ii) for sub-clause (a), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely.-
"(a) in the case of excisable goods on which duty of excise has not been levied or paid or has been short-levied or short-paid-
(A) where under the rules made under this Act a periodical return, showing particulars of the duty paid on the excisable goods removed during the period to which the said return relates, is to be filed by a manufacturer or a producer or a licensee of a warehouse, as the case may be, the date on which such return is so filed;
(B) where no periodical return as aforesaid is filed, the last date on which such return is to be filed under the said rules;
(C) in any other case, the date on which the duty is to be paid under this Act or the rules made thereunder;