Section 7:
Levy of additional excise duty on sugar.
(1) Where sugar delivered by any owner falls short of
the export quota fixed for it by any quantity (hereinafter referred to as the said quantity), there shall be
levied and collected on so much of the sugar dispatched from the factory for consumption in India as is
equal to the said quantity, a duty of excise at the rate of 1[forty-five rupees and fifty five naye paise per
quintal].
(2) The duty of excise referred to in sub-section (1) shall be in addition to the duty of excise
chargeable on sugar under any other law for the time being in force, and shall be paid by the owner to
such authority as may be specified in the notice demanding the payment of duty and within such period
not exceeding ninety days as may be specified in such notice.
person is liable under the rules made under the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944),
is adjudged.
(3) If any such owner does not pay the whole or any part of the duty payable by him within the period
referred to in sub-section (2), he shall be liable to pay in respect of every period of thirty days or part
thereof during which the default continues a penalty which may extend to ten per cent, of the duty
outstanding from time to time, the penalty being adjudged in the same manner as the penalty to which a
forty-five rupees and fifty five naye paise per
quintal.
(4) The provisions of the Central Excises and Salt Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), and the rules made
thereunder, including those relating to refunds and exemptions from duty, shall, so far as may be, apply in
relation to the levy and collection of the duty of excise or any other sum referred to in this section as they
apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duty on sugar or other sums of money payable to the
Central Government under that Act or the rules made thereunder.
Notes:
1. Subs by Act 38 of 1960, s. 8, for “ seventeen rupees per mound” (w.e.f. 1-10-1960).