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Road and Infrastructure Cess on excisable goods

Road and Infrastructure Cess on excisable goods :

Section  – 112. (1) There shall be levied and collected, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter, for the purposes of the Union, an additional duty of excise, to be called the Road and Infrastructure Cess, on the goods specified in the Sixth Schedule (hereinafter referred to as scheduled goods), being the goods manufactured or produced, at the rates specified in the said Schedule for the purpose of financing infrastructure projects.

(2) The cess leviable under sub-section (1), chargeable on the scheduled goods shall be in addition to any other duties of excise chargeable on such goods under the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) or any other law for the time being in force.

(3) The provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and the rules made thereunder, including those relating to assessment, non-levy, short-levy, refunds, exemptions, interest, appeals, offences and penalties shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the levy and collection of the cess leviable under this section in respect of scheduled goods as they apply in relation to the levy and collection of the duties of excise on scheduled goods under the said Act or the rules, as the case may be.