Set off of duty on Snuff - 33/87 - Central Excise - Tariff

Set off of duty on Snuff

Notification No. 33/87-C.E.

Dated 1-3-1987

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 9 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, read with sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957), the Central Government hereby exempts snuff, falling under sub-heading No. 2404.50 of the Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (5 of 1986) (hereinafter referred to as "finished snuff") from so much of the duty of excise leviable thereon under the said Schedule and the additional duty of excise leviable under the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) as is equivalent to the duty of excise under the said Schedule and under the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance Act, 1957 (58 of 1957) already paid on snuff from which the finished snuff has been manufactured.

2. This notification shall remain in force upto and inclusive of the 31st March, 1987.