Effective rate of duty for certain electrically operated vehicles and battery powered road vehicles [Ch. 87] - 193/87 - Central Excise - Tariff

Effective rate of duty for certain electrically operated vehicles and battery powered road vehicles [Ch. 87]

Notification No. 193/87-C.E.

Dated 17-8-1987

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No. 388/86-Central Excises, dated the 22nd August, 1986, the Central Government hereby exempt electrically operated trolley buses, electrically operated platform trucks, electrically operated works trucks, electrically operated tow tractors and battery powered road vehicles, falling within Chapter 87 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986), from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon which is specified in the said Schedule, as is in excess of the amount calculated at the rate of 5 per cent ad valorem.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this notification, the expression, -

(i) "electrically operated trolley buses" means trolley buses which are run solely on electrical energy derived from an external source;

(ii) "electrically operated platform trucks" means platform trucks which are run solely on electrical energy derived from one or move electrical batteries fitted to such platform trucks;

(iii) "electrically operated works trucks" means works trucks which are run solely on electrical energy derived from one or more electrical batteries fitted to such works trucks;

(iv) "electrically operated tow tractors" means tow tractors which are run solely on electrical energy derived from one or more electrical batteries fitted to such tow tractors; and

(v) "battery powered road vehicles" means road vehicles which are run solely on electrical energy derived from one or more electrical batteries fitted to such road vehicles.

2. This notification shall be in force upto and inclusive of the 16th day of August, 1989.