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Effective Rates of Duty on Cigarettes

Notification No. 21/91-C.E.

Dated 25-7-1991

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of the Central Excises and Salt 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 in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 14/90-Central Excises, dated the 20th March, 1990, the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby exempts cigarettes of the description specified in column (1) of the Table below and falling under sub-heading No. 2403.11 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the said Schedule and the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rates specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table :

Provided that the amount of duty so levied shall be apportioned in the ratio of 65 : 35 between the duty leviable under the said Schedule and the duty leviable under the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), respectively.

TABLE

DESCRIPTION

RATE OF DUTY

(1)

(2)

I. Cigarettes, other than filter cigarettes of length

 

(a) not exceeding 60 mil-limetres

One hundred and ten rupees per one thousand cigarettes

(b) exceeding 60 millimetres but not exceeding 70 mil-limetres

Two hundred rupees per one thousand cigarettes.

II. Filter cigarettes of length (including the length of the filter, the length of the filter being 11 millimetres or its actual length, whichever is more)-

 

(a) not exceeding 70 mil-limetres.

Two hundred and sixty rupees per one thousand cigarettes.

(b) exceeding 70 millimetres but not exceeding 75 mil-limetres

Five hundred rupees per one thousand cigarettes.

(c) exceeding 75 mil-limetres but not exceeding 85 millimetres

Six hundred and seventy five rupees per one thousand cigarettes.

 
 

 

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