PART-1

The Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985

[ACT NO. 5 OF 1986]
[19th January, 1986]

An Act to provide for tariff for Central Duties of Excise

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extent and commencement :-

(1) This Act may be called the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.1
(3) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Duties specified in3 [the First Schedule and the Second Schedule] to be levied. - The
rates at which duties of excise shall be levied under the4 [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944] (1
of 1944) are specified in3 [the first Schedule and the Second Schedule].

3. Emergency power of the Central Government to increase duty of excise. (1) Where, in
respect of any goods, the Central Government is satisfied that the duty leviable thereon under
Section 3 of the 5[Central Excise Act, 1944] (1 of 1944) should be increased and that
circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action, the Central Government
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct an amendment of 3[the First Schedule and
the Second Schedule] to be made so as to substitute for the rate of duty specified in 3[the First
Schedule and the Second Schedule] in respect of such goods, -
(a) in a case where the rate of duty as specified in 3[the First Schedule and the
Second Schedule} as in force immediately before the issue of such notification
is nil, a rate of duty not exceeding fifty per cent ad valorem expressed in
any form or method;
(b) *in any other case, a rate of duty as it thinks necessary.
Provided that the Central Government shall not issue any notification under this sub-section for
substituting the rate of duty in respect of any goods as specified by an earlier notification issued
under this sub-section by that Government before such earlier notification has been approved with
or without modifications under sub-section (2).

Explanation:, “Form or method”, in relation to a rate of duty of excise means the basis, namely,
valuation, weight, number, length, area, volume or other measure with reference to which the duty
may be levied.
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1. The Act has been extended to the designated areas in the Continental Shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone of India
vide Notification No. 166/87-C.E., dated 11-6-1987.
2. The Act came into force on 28th February, 1986, vide Notification No.10/86-C.E., dated 5-2-1986.
3. Substituted by s. 134 of the Finance Act, 1999 (27 of 1999).
4. Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 renamed by s.71 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 1996 (33 of 1996).
5. Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 renamed by s.71 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 1996 (33 of 1996).
6. *Amended by The Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002.
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(2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid before each House of
Parliament, if it is sitting, as soon as may be after the issue of the notification, and if it is not
sitting, within seven days of its re-assembly, and the Central Government shall seek the approval
of Parliament to the notification by a resolution moved within a period of fifteen days beginning
with the day on which the notification is so laid before the House of the People and if Parliament
makes any modification in the notification or directs that the notification should cease to
have effect, the notification shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no
effect, as the case may be, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done
thereunder.

(3) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that any notification issued under sub-
section (1), including any such notification approved or modified under sub-section (2), may be
rescinded by the Central Government at any time by notification in the Official Gazette.

4. Consequential amendments of, and construction of references to the First Schedule to

Act 1 of 1944 — (1) 1In the [Central Excise Act, 1944], -

(a) for the words “First Schedule”, wherever they occur, the words and
figures “Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act 1985” shall be
substituted;

(b) in section 2, for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted,
namely:-

(f) “manufacture” includes any process, -

(i) incidental or ancillary to the completion of a manufactured
product;
(ii) which is specified in relation to any goods in the Section or
Chapter Notes of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff
Act, 1985 as amounting to manufacture,

and the word “manufacturer” shall be construed accordingly

and shall include not only a person who employs hired
labour in the production or manufacture of excisable goods,
but also any person who engages in their production or
manufacture on his own account;

(c) the First Schedule shall be omitted.

(2) Any reference to the expression “First Schedule to the 2[Central Excise Act, 1944] (1
of 1944)” in any Central Act shall, on and after the commencement of this Act, be construed as
a reference to the Schedule to this Act.

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5. Power of Central Government to amend First and Second Schedules.
(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is necessary so to do in the public
interest, it may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule and the Second
Schedule:
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1. Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944 renamed by s.71 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 1996 (33 of 1996)
2. Inserted vide The Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004
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Provided that such amendment shall not alter or affect in any manner the rates
specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule in respect of goods at which
duties of excise shall be leviable on the goods under the Central Excise Act, 1944.

(2) Every notification issued under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be
after it is issued, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period
of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions,
and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive
sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the notification or
both Houses agree that the notification should not be issued, the notification shall thereafter
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however,
that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of
anything previously done under that notification.’’.

2. General rules for the interpretation of this Schedule

Classification of goods in this Schedule shall be governed by the following principles:
1. The titles of Sections, Chapters and Sub-Chapters are provided for ease of reference
only; for legal purposes, classification shall be determined according to the terms of the headings
and any relative Section or Chapter Notes and, provided such headings or Notes do not otherwise
require, according to the following provisions.
2. (a) Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to that
article incomplete or unfinished, provided that, as presented, the incomplete or unfinished article
has the essential character of the complete or finished article. It shall also be taken to include a
reference to that article complete or finished (or falling to be classified as complete or finished
by virtue of this rule), presented unassembled or disassembled.
(b) Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a
reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other materials or
substances. Any reference to goods of a given material or substance shall be taken to include a
reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such material or substance. The classification
of goods consisting of more than one material or substance shall be according to the principles
of rule 3.
3. When by application of rule 2(b) or for any other reason, goods are, prima facie,
classifiable under two or more headings, classification shall be effected as follows:
(a) the heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to
headings providing a more general description. However, when two or more headings
each refer to part only of the materials or substances contained in mixed or composite
goods or to part only of the items in a set put up for retail sale, those headings are to be
regarded as equally specific in relation to those goods, even if one of them gives a more
complete or precise description of the goods.
(b) mixtures, composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different
components, and goods put up in sets for retail sale, which cannot be classified by reference
to (a), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives
them their essential character, insofar as this criterion is applicable.
(c) when goods cannot be classified by reference to (a) or (b), they shall be
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classified under the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which
equally merit consideration.

4. Goods which cannot be classified in accordance with the above rules shall be classified
under the heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin.
5. In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following rules shall apply in respect of the
goods referred to therein:

(a) camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing instrument cases,
necklace cases and similar containers, specially shaped or fitted to contain a specific article
or set of articles, suitable for long-term use and presented with the articles for which they
are intended, shall be classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold therewith.
This rule does not, however, apply to containers which give the whole its essential character;
(b) subject to the provisions of (a) above, packing materials and packing containers
presented with the goods therein shall be classified with the goods if they are of a kind
normally used for packing such goods. However, this provision does not apply when such
packing materials or packing containers are clearly suitable for repetitive use.
6. For legal purposes, the classification of goods in the sub-headings of a heading shall be
determined according to the terms of those sub-headings and any related sub-heading Notes
and, mutatis mutandis, to the above rules, on the understanding that only sub-headings at the
same level are comparable. For the purposes of this rule the relative Section and Chapter Notes
also apply, unless the context otherwise requires.

General Explanatory Notes

1. Where in column (2) of this Schedule, the description of an article or group of articles
under a heading is preceded by “-”, the said article or group of articles shall be taken to be a sub-
classification of the article or group of articles covered by the said heading. Where, however,
the description of an article or group of articles is preceded by “--”, the said article or group of
articles shall be taken to be a sub-classification of the immediately preceding description of the
article or group of articles which has “-”. Where the description of an article or group of articles
is preceded by “---” or “----”, the said article or group of articles shall be taken to be a sub-
classification of the immediately preceding description of the article or group of articles which
has “-” or “--”.
2. The abbreviation “%” in column (4) of this Schedule in relation to the rate of duty
indicates that duty on the goods to which the entry relates shall be charged on the basis of the
value of the goods fixed, defined or deemed to be, as the case may be, under or in sub-section (2)
read with sub-section (3) of section 3 or section 4 or section 4A of the Central Excise Act, 1944,
the duty being equal to such percentage of the value as is indicated in that column.

Additional Notes

In this Schedule,—

(1) (a) “heading”, in respect of goods, means a description in list of tariff provisions
accompanied by a four-digit number and includes all sub-headings of tariff items the first
four-digits of which correspond to that number;
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(b) “sub-heading”, in respect of goods, means a description in the list of tariff

provisions accompanied by a six-digit number and includes all tariff items the first six-
digits of which correspond to that number;

(c) “tariff item” means a description of goods in the list of tariff provisions
accompanying either eight-digit number and the rate of the duty of excise or eight- digit
number with blank in the column of the rate of duty;

(2) the list of tariff provisions is divided into Sections, Chapters and Sub-Chapters;

(3) in column (3), the standard unit of quantity is specified for each tariff item to
facilitate the collection, comparison and analysis of trade statistics.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED

Abbreviations For

Amps Ampere(s)
Bq/g Beequeral per gram
cc Cubic centimetre
cg Centigram(s)
Ci/g Curie per gram
c/k Carats (1 metric carat = 2 x 10-4kg)
cm Centimetre(s)
cm3 Cubic centimetre(s)
dyne/Cm Dyne per centimetre
g Gram(s)
g/cm3 Gram per cubic centimetre
gi F/S Gram of fissile isotopes
g/m2 Gram per square metre
g.v.w. Gross vehicle weight
HP Horse Power
K cal/Kg Kilocalorie per Kilogram
kg. Kilogram(s)
kPa Kilo Pascal
kPa. m2/g Kilo Pascal square metre per gram
kN/m Kilo Newton/Metre
kVA Kilovolt Ampere(s)
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kvar Kilovolt ampere reactive (s)

kW Kilo Watt
l Litre(s)
m Metre(s)
2
m Square metre(s)
m3 Cubic metre(s)
mm Millimetre(s)
mn Milli Newton
MPa Milli pascal
mt Metric tonne
MW Mega Watt
N/m Newton per metre
pa Number of pairs
Rs. Rupees
sq. Square
SWG Standard Wire Gauge
t Tonne(s)
Tu Thousand in number
u Number
V Volt(s)
Vol. Volume
W Watt
1000 kWh 1000 kilowatt hours

Amendment of all Central Excise Notifications after introduction of 8 digit code:

[Notifn. No.1/2005-CE., dt. 24.2.2005
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central
Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of
Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) and sub-section (3) of section 3 of
the Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978 (40 of 1978), the
Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby
makes the following or further amendments in all the notifications of the Government of India
in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) issued under any of the said sections and
which are for the time being in force on the date of commencement of the Central Excise Tariff
(Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005), namely:-
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In each of the said notifications, for the references to the Chapter or heading No. or sub-
heading No. of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5
of 1986), as the case may be, relating to any goods or class of goods, wherever occurring in the
said notification, the corresponding references of the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item
of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the said Central Excise Tariff Act, as amended by
the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 ( 5 of 2005) shall be substituted.

This notification shall come into force on the 28th day of February, 2005.

Amendment to all Central Excise notifications issued under sub-section (1) of section
5A of Central Excise Act, 1944, read with Sec. 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 and Section 169 of
Finance Act, 2003, after introduction of 8 digit code.

[Notification No. 2/2005-Central Excise, dt. 24.2.2005]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excise
Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sub-section (3) of section 136 of the Finance Act, 2001 (14 of 2001)
and section 169 of the Finance Act, 2003 (32 of 2003), the Central Government, being satisfied that
it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following or further amendments
in all the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of
Revenue) issued under any of the said sections and which are for the time being in force on the
date of commencement of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005), namely:-

In each of the said notifications, for the references to the Chapter or heading No. or sub-
heading No. of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5
of 1986), as the case may be, relating to any goods or class of goods, wherever occurring in the
said notification, the corresponding references of the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item
of the First Schedule or the Second Schedule to the said Central Excise Tariff Act, as amended by
the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005) shall be substituted.

This notification shall come into force on the 28th day of February, 2005.

Amendment to all Central Excise notifications issued under sub-section (1) & (2) of
Section 4A after introduction of 8 digit code :

[Notification No.5/2005-Central Excise (N.T.), dt. 24.2.2005]

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) of section 4A
of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is
necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following or further amendments in all
the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)
issued under the said section and which are for the time being in force on the date of
commencement of the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5of 2005), namely:-

In the said notifications, for the references to the Chapter or heading No. or sub-heading
No. of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), relating to any
goods or class of goods, wherever occurring in the said notification, the corresponding references
of the Chapter, heading, sub-heading or tariff item of the First Schedule to the said Central
Excise Tariff Act, as amended by the Central Excise Tariff (Amendment) Act, 2004 (5 of 2005)
shall be substituted.

This notification shall come into force on the 28th day of February, 2005.
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3. ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF EXCISE (GOODS OF SPECIAL IMPORTANCE) ACT,

1957 (58 OF 1957)
24th December, 1957
An Act to provide for the levy and collection of additional duties of excise on certain goods and
for the distribution of a part of the net proceeds thereof among the States in pursuance of the
principles of distribution formulated and the recommendations made by the Finance Commission
in its second report dated the 18th December, 1990.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

1. Short title and extent. — (1) This Act may be called the Additional Duties of Excise
(Goods of Special Importance) Act,1957.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.

2. Definitions. — In this Act, —

(a) “additional duties” means the duties of excise levied and collected under sub-section
(1) of Section 3;
(b) “State” does not include a Union territory;
(c) Omitted.
3. Levy and collection of Additional Duties. — (1) There shall be levied and collected
in respect of the goods described in column (3) of the First Schedule produced or manufactured
in India and on all such goods lying in stock within the precincts of any factory, warehouse or
other premises where the said goods were manufactured, stored or produced, or in any premises
appurtenant thereto duties of excise at the rate or rates specified in column (4) of the said Schedule.
(2) The duties of excise referred to in sub-section (1) in respect of the goods specified
therein shall be in addition to the duties of excise chargeable on such goods under the Central
Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), or any other law for the time being in force.

(3) The provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and the rules made
thereunder, including those relating to refunds, exemptions from duty, offences and penalties,
shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the additional duties as they
apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of excise on the goods specified in sub-
section (1)

4. Distribution of additional duties among States. — During each financial year, there
shall be paid out of the Consolidated Fund of India to the States in accordance with the provisions
of the Second Schedule such sums, representing a part of the net proceeds of the additional
duties levied and collected during that financial year, as are specified in that Schedule.

5. Expenditure to be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India. — Any expenditure

under the provisions of this Act shall be expenditure charged on the Consolidated Fund of
India.

6. Powers to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the

Official Gazette, make rules providing for the time at which and the manner in which any
payments under the provisions of this Act, are to be made, for the making of adjustments between
one financial year and another and for any other incidental or ancillary matters.

(2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made,
before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may
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be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the
session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses
agree in making any modification in the rule, or both Houses agree that the rule should not be
made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the
case may be; so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to
the validity of anything previously done under that rule.

7. Declaration of certain goods to be of special importance in inter-State trade or

commerce. — Repealed by Act No. 31 of 1958, s.12 (w.e.f. 1.10.1958)
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4. ADDITIONALDUTIES OF EXCISE (TEXTILESAND TEXTILEARTICLES)ACT, 1978

(40 OF 1978)
6th December, 1978

An Act to provide for the levy and collection of additional duties of excise on certain textiles
and textile articles.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Additional Duties of
Excise (Textiles and Textile Articles) Act, 1978.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th day of October, 1978.

2. Omitted

3. Levy and collection of additional duties of excise on certain textiles and textile
articles. — (1) When goods of the description mentioned in the Schedule chargeable with a
duty of excise under the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), read with any notification for the
time being in force issued by the Central Government in relation to the duty so chargeable (not
being a notification providing for any exemption for giving credit with respect to, or reduction
of duty of excise under the said Act on such goods equal to, any duty of excise under the said
Act, or the additional duty under Section 3 of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975), already
paid on the raw material used in the production or manufacture of such goods), are assessed to
duty, there shall be levied and collected a duty of excise equal to fifteen per cent of the total
amount so chargeable on such goods.

(2) The duties of excise referred to in sub-section (1) in respect of the goods specified in
the Schedule shall be in addition to the duties of excise chargeable on such goods under the
Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), or any other law for the time being in force and shall be
levied for the purpose of Union and the proceeds thereof shall not be distributed among the
States.

(3) The provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and the rules made
thereunder, including those relating to refunds and exemptions from duties, shall, so far as may
be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of excise leviable under this section
in respect of any goods as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of excise
on such goods under that Act or those rules.

4. Repeal and saving. — (1) The Additional Duties of Excise (Textiles and Textile
Articles) Ordinance, 1978 (4 of 1978), is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Ordinance
so repealed shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of
this Act.
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THE SCHEDULE
(See Section 3)
NOTES

1. In this Schedule “Chapter” and “heading” mean a Chapter or heading in the Schedule to
the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985.

2. The rules for the interpretation of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985,
and the Section and Chapter Notes of the said Schedule shall apply for the purposes of
classification of goods specified in this Schedule.
Sl. No. Description of goods
(1) (2)

1. Silk, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 50.

2. Wool, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 51 other than fabrics of heading
Nos. 51.10,51.11 and 51.12.
3. Cotton, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 52.
4. Man-made filaments, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 54.
5. Man-made staple fibres, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 55.
6. Terry towelling and similar woven terry fabrics, falling within heading No. 58.02.
7. Tulles and other net fabrics, not including woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics; lace in
the piece, in strips or in motifs, other than fabrics of heading No. 60.02.
8. Knitted or crocheted fabrics, that is to say, all goods falling within Chapter 60.
9. Metallised yarn, falling within heading No. 56.05.
10. Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs, falling within heading No. 58.05.
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5. PROVISIONAL COLLECTION OF TAXES ACT, 1931 (16 of 1931)

28th September, 1931

An Act to amend the law providing for the immediate effect for a limited period of provisions
in Bills relating to the imposition or increase of duties of customs or excise.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law providing for the immediate effect for a limited
period of provisions in Bills relating to the imposition or increase of duties of customs or
excise, it is hereby enacted as follows:-

1. Short title. — This Act may be called the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1931.

2. Definition. — In this Act, a “declared provision” means a provision in a Bill in respect

of which a declaration has been made under section 3.

3. Power to make declarations under this Act. — Where a Bill to be introduced in

Parliament on behalf of Government provides for the imposition or increase of duty of customs
or excise, the Central Government may cause to be inserted in the Bill a declaration that it is
expedient in the public interest that any provision of the Bill relating to such imposition or
increase shall have immediate effect under this Act.
4. Effect of declarations under this Act, and duration thereof.— (1) A declared
provision shall have the force of law immediately on the expiry of the day on which the Bill
containing it is introduced.
(2) A declared provision shall cease to have the force of law under the provisions of this Act -
(a) when it comes into operation as an enactment, with or without amendment, or
(b) when the Central Government, in pursuance of a motion passed by Parliament,
directs, by notification in the Official Gazette, that it shall cease to have the force of law, or
(c) if it has not already ceased to have the force of law under clause (a) or clause
(b), then on the expiry of seventy-fifth day after the day on which the Bill containing it was
introduced.
5. Certain refunds to be made when declarations cease to have effect. - (1) Where a
declared provision comes into operation as an enactment in an amended form before the expiry
of the seventy-fifth day after the day on which the Bill containing it was introduced, refunds
shall be made of all duties collected which would not have been collected if the provision
adopted in the enactment had been the declared provision:
Provided that the rate at which refunds of any duty may be made under this sub-section shall not
exceed the difference between the rate of such duty proposed in the declared provision and the
rate of such duty in force when the Bill was introduced.

(2) Where a declare provision ceases to have the force of law under clause (b) or clause
(c) of sub-section (2) of section 4, refunds shall be made of all duties collected which would
not have been collected if the declaration in respect of it had not been made.

6. Repeal. — (Repealed by Act 1 of 1938, s. 2 and Sch).

6. PROVISIONS OF FINANCE (NO.2) ACT 2004 RELATINGTO LEVY OF EDUCATION

CESS ON EXCISABLE GOODS
Section 91:
(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (11) of section 2, there shall
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be levied and collected, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter as surcharge for
purposes of the Union, a cess to be called the Education Cess, to fulfil the commitment of
the Government to provide and finance universalised quality basic education.

(2) The Central Government may, after due appropriation made by Parliament by
law in this behalf, utilise, such sums of the money of the Education Cess levied under sub-
section (11) of section 2 and this Chapter for the purposes specified in sub-section (1), as
if may consider necessary.

Section 92:

The words and expressions used in this Chapter and defined in the Central Excise
Act, 1944, the Customs Act, 1962 or Chapter V of the Finance Act, 1994, shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts or Chapter, as the case may be.

Section 93:

(1) The Education Cess levied under section 91, in the case of goods specified in
the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, being goods manufactured or
produced, shall be a duty of excise (in this section referred to as the Education Cess on
excisable goods), at the rate of two per cent, calculated on the aggregate of all duties of
excise (including special duty of excise or any other duty of excise but excluding Education
Cess on excisable goods) which are levied and collected by the Central Government in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under the provisions of the Central Excise
Act, 1944 or under any other law for the time being in force.

(2) The Education Cess on excisable goods shall be in addition to any other duties
of excise chargeable on such goods, under the Central Excise Act, 1944 or any other law
for the time being in force.

(3) The provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and the rules made thereunder,
including those relating to refunds and exemptions from duties and imposition of penalty
shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the Education Cess on
excisable goods as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of excise
on such goods under the Central Excise Act, 1944 or the rules, as the case may be.

[Notification No. 18/2007-C.E., dated 1.3.2007].

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central

Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) read with sections 91 and 93 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of
2004), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to
do, hereby exempts all goods specified in the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985
(5 of 1986) from so much of the Education Cess leviable thereon under the said sections 91 and 93
of the said Finance Act, which is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of two per cent. of
the aggregate of duties of excise which are levied and collected by the Central Government in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under the said Central Excise Act, and any sum
chargeable on such goods under any other law for the time being in force, in addition to and in the
same manner as, a duty of excise, but not including the Secondary and Higher Education Cess
leviable on the said goods under clause 126 read with clause 128 of the Finance Bill, 2007, which,
by virtue of the declaration made in the said Finance Bill under the Provisional Collection of Taxes
Act, 1931 (16 of 1931), has the force of law.