law: Central Excise Act, 1944
  6. REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS. 
  
  Any prescribed person who is engaged in –
  (a) the production or manufacture or
  
  any process of production or manufacture of any specified goods included in the
  
  [ 13a the First Schedule and the Second Schedule 13a ] to the Central Excise
  
  Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), or
  (b) the wholesale purchase or sale
  
  (whether on his own account or as a broker or commission agent) or the storage
  
  of any specified goods included in the [ 13a the First Schedule and the Second
  
  Schedule 13a ] to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986).
  Shall get himself registered with the
  
  proper officer in such manner as may be prescribed. 36 ]