The Central Road Fund Act, 2000
Chapter II Central
Road Fund
3. Levy and
collection of cess.-
1.
With
effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, specify, there shall be levied and collected, as a cess, a
duty of excise and customs for the purposes of this Act, o every item specified
in column (2) of the Schedule, which is produced in or imported into India and-
a. removed from a
refinery or a factory or an outlet; or
b. transferred by the
person, by whom such item is produced or imported, to another person, at such
rates not exceeding the rate set forth in the corresponding entry in column (3)
of the Schedule, as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify: Provided that until the Central Government specifies by such
notification the rate of the cess in respect of petrol and high speed diesel
oil (being items specified in the Schedule), the cess on petrol and high speed
diesel oil under this sub-section shall be levied and collected at the rate of
rupee one per litre: Provided further that the additional duty of customs and
the additional duty of excise on petrol levied under sub-section (1) of section
103 and sub-section (1) of section 111, as the case may be, of the Finance (No.
2) Act, 1998 (21 of 1988) and the additional duty of customs and the additional
duty of excise on high speed diesel oil levied under sub-section (1) of section
116 and sub-section (1) of section 133, as the case may be, of the Finance Act,
1999 (27 of 1999) shall be deemed to be a cess for the purposes of this Act
from the date of its levy and the proceeds thereof shall be credited to the
Fund.
1.
2.
Every
cess leviable under sub-section (1) on any item shall be payable by the person
by whom such item is produced, and in the case of imports, the cess shall be
imposed and collected on items so imported and specified in the Schedule.
3.
The
cess leviable under sub-section (1) on the items specified in the Schedule
shall be in addition to any cess or duty leviable on those items under any
other law for the time being in force.
4.
The
provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) and the rules made
thereunder and the provisions of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) and the
rules made thereunder, as the case may be, including those relating to refunds
and exemptions from duties shall, as far as may be, apply in relation to the
levy and collection of cess leviable under this section and for this purpose,
the provisions of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and of the Customs Act, 1962, as
the case may be, shall have effect as if the aforesaid Acts provided for the
levy of cess on all items specified in the Schedule.