NOTIFICATION

(Central Excise)

S.R.O.384(I)/2001.— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 12A of the Central Excises Act, 1944 (I of 1944), the Federal Government is pleased to direct that the following further amendments shall be made in its Notification No.S.R.O. 455(I)/96, dated the 13^th June, 1996, namely:-

In the aforesaid Notification, in the Table, in column (1),--

(1) against item relating to “Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes”, in column (3), in clause (b), for sub-clause (b) and the entries relating thereto in column (4) the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(b) if not covered by sub-clause (a) above:

(i) if the retail price does not exceed One rupee and

four rupees and fifteen paisa per seventy-seven

ten cigarettes; paisa per ten

cigarettes.

(ii) if retail price exceeds four rupees One rupee and

and fifteen paisa per ten cigarettes seventy-seven

but does not exceed ten rupees paisa per

per ten cigarettes; and ten cigarettes plus

sixty-nine paisa

per incremental

rupee or part

thereof.

(iii) if the retail price exceeds ten Sixty-three per

rupees per ten cigarettes. cent of the retail

price.”;

(2) in item relating to “Lubricating oil”,--

(i) for the words “Lubricating oil” in column (1), the words “Base lube oil” shall be substituted; and

(ii) in column (2), for the heading number “2710.0081” and “2710.0082”, the heading number “2710.0093” shall be substituted;

(3) item relating to “Slack wax” and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4) shall be omitted;

(4) against item relating to “Paints, varnishes, colours, distempers, glazes, thinners, polishes and lusters and their ancillaries”, in column (2), the words and figures “of Chapter 32” shall be omitted;

(5) item relating to “Polypropylene/polyethylene strips or the like” and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4) shall be omitted;

(6) item relating to “Filter rods for cigarettes” and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4) shall be omitted;

(7) against item relating to “Metal containers”, in column (3), for clauses (ii) and (iii) the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(ii) If manufactured by the manufacturer of

kerosene, vegetable products, vegetable

ghee and edible oil for packing, within the

same factory, of kerosene or vegetable products

and edible oil of vegetable origin or mixtures

thereof having cloud point below 10 degree

centigrade or melting points between 34 to 38

degree centigrade;

(iii) If used for packing kerosene or vegetable

products, vegetable ghee and edible oil of

vegetable origin or mixtures thereof having

cloud point below 10 degree centigrade or

melting point between 34 to 38 degree centigrade;

provided that the provisions of Chapter X of the

Central Excise Rules, 1944, are followed.”; and

(8) against item relating to “Wire and cable”, in column (2), the heading number 8544.1100 and the entries relating thereto in columns (3) and (4) shall be omitted.

[C.No.1(1)CEB/2001]

(Sayed Mohsin Asad)

Additional Secretary