Section 26 - Amendment of Act 1 of 1944 - Finance Act, 1963

26. Amendment of Act 1 of 1944 In the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (hereinafter referred to as the Central Excises Act), in the First Schedule, (a) in Item No. 4, (1) under I. Unmanufactured tobacco for the entry in the third column against sub-item (5), the entry One rupee and sixty naye paise shall be substituted; (2) under II. Manufactured tobacco for the entries in the third column against sub-items (2) (i), (2) (ii), (2) (iii), (2) (iv) and (2) (v), the entries Thirty-four rupees , Seventeen rupees , Eight rupees and fifty naye paise , Four rupees and twenty naye paise and Two rupees shall, respectively, be substituted; (b) in Item No. 6, for the entry in the third column, the entry Four hundred and ten rupees per kilolitre at fifteen degrees of Centigrade thermometer shall be substituted; (c) in Item No. 7, for the entry in the third column, the entry Two hundred and ten rupees per kilolitre at fifteen degrees of Centigrade thermometer shall be substituted; (d) in Item No. 8, for the entries in the third column against sub-items (a) and (b), the entries Three hundred and ninety rupees per kilolitre at fifteen degrees of Centigrade thermometer and Three hundred and seventy rupees per kilolitre at fifteen degrees of Centigrade thermometer shall, respectively, be substituted; (e) in Item No. 9, for the entry in the third column, the entry One hundred and ninety-five rupees per metric tonne shall be substituted; (f) in Item No. 13, for the entry in the third column, the entry Thirty-two rupees per quintal shall be substituted; (g) in Item No. 14, (1) In sub-item I (4) (ii), the words and ready mixed paints, sold by weight occurring in the second column shall be omitted; (2) in sub-item I (4) (iii), the words sold by volume occurring in the second column shall be omitted; (3) for the entries in the third column against sub-items I(1) (ii), I(3) (ii), I(3) (iv), I(4) (i), I(4) (ii), I(4)(iii), II(i) and III(i), the entries Seventy-five naye paise per kilogram , Thirty rupees and fifty naye paise per quintal , One rupee and five naye paise per litre , Seventy-five naye paise per kilogram , Nineteen rupees and fifty naye paise per quintal , Sixty-flve naye paise per litre , Thirty-five naye paise per litre and One rupee and fifty naye paise per litre shall, respectively, be substituted; (h) In Item No. 15, for the entries in the third column against sub-items I(1) (i), I(1) (ii), I(2), I(3), II (i) and II (ii), the entries Fifteen rupees and fifty naye paise per quintal , Eighteen rupees per quintal , Thirty-seven rupees and fifty-five naye paise per quintal , Thirty-seven rupees and fifty-five naye paise per quintal , Thirteen rupees and twenty-five naye paise per quintal and Fifteen rupees and fifty naye paise per quintal shall, respectively, be substituted; (1) in Item No. 17, for the entry in the third column against sub-item (5), the entry Thirty-five naye paise per kilogram shall be substituted; (j) in Item No. 26A, for the entries in the third column against sub-items (1) and (2), the entries Three hundred rupees per metric tonne and Five hundred rupees per metric tonne shall, respectively, be substituted; (k) in Item No. 26AA, sub-item (i) shall be renumbered as (ia) thereof and before the sub-Item (ia) as so renumbered, the following sub-item shall be inserted, namely :- (i) Semi-finished steel including blooms, billets, slabs, sheet bars, tin bars and hoe bars. Thirty rupees per metric tonne plus the excise duty for the time being leviable on Steel-ingots. .