Amendments 455(I)/96 13th June 1996

Government of Pakistan Revenue Division *** Islamabad, the 18th June, 2001. 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 13th 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