The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 19] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1972/PAUSA 21,1893
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MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue and Insurance)
NOTIFICATION
CENTRAL EXCISES
New Delhi, the 11th January 1972
G.S.R. 25(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Excise Rules, 1944, the Central Government hereby exempts from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon, newspapers and all other printed periodicals, falling under Item No. 61 of the First Schedule to the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and cleared for home consumption on any day,—
(a) to the extent of 1.5 per cent of the number of copies of newspaper or, as the case may be, periodical printed in respect of any publishing day, in case the periodicity of such newspapers and other periodicals does not exceed seven days; and
(b) to the extent of 2 per cent of the number of copies of such newspaper or, as the case may be, periodical whose periodicity exceeds seven days.
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