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Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/50701

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Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985 (1985) is Central state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Preamble1 - Central Excise Tariff Act 1985
Section1 - Short Title Extent and Commencement
Section2 - Duties Specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to Be Levied
Section3 - Emergency Power of Central Government to Increase Duty of Excise
Section4 - Consequential Amendments of and Construction of References
Section5 - Power of Central Government to Amend First and Second Schedules
SectionI - Live Animals; Animal Products
Chapter1 - Live Animals
Chapter2 - Meat and Edible Meat Offal
Chapter3 - Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and Other Aquatic Invertebrates
Chapter4 - Dairy Produce; Birds Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible Products of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified or Included
Chapter5 - Products of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified or Included
SectionII - Vegetable Products
Chapter6 - Live Trees and Other Plants; Bulbs, Roots and the Like; Cut flowers and Ornamental Foliage
Chapter7 - Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers
Chapter8 - Edible Fruit and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruit or Melons
Chapter9 - Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices
Chapter10 - Cereals
Chapter11 - Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten
Chapter12 - Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits, Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder
Chapter13 - Lac; Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Spas and Extracts
Chapter14 - Vegetable Plainting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified or Included
Chapter15 - Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes
SectionIV - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufact0ured Tobacco Substitutes
Chapter16 - Preparations of Meat, of Fish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs or Other Aquatic Ivertabrates
Chapter17 - Sugars and Sugar Confectionery
Chapter18 - Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations
Chapter19 - Preparations of Cereals, Four, Starch or Milk; Pastrycooks Products
Chapter20 - Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or Other Parts of Plants
Chapter21 - Miscellaneous Edible Preparations
Chapter22 - Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar
Chapter23 - Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder
Chapter24 - Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes
SectionV - Mineral Products
Chapter25 - Salt; Sulphur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement
Chapter26 - Ores, Slag and Ash
Chapter27 - Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes
SectionVI - Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries
Chapter28 - Inorganic Chemicals, Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements or of Isotopes
Chapter29 - Organic Chemicals
Chapter30 - Pharm Aceutical Products
Chapter31 - Fertilisers
Chapter32 - Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins and their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and Other Colouring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and Other Mastics; Inks
Chapter33 - Essential Oils and Resinoids, Perfumery, Consmetic or Toilet Preparations
Chapter34 - Soap, Organic Surface-active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Similar Articles, Modelling Pastes, Dental Waxes and Dental Preparations with a Basis of Plaster
Chapter35 - Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes
Chapter36 - Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; Certain Combustible Preparations
Chapter37 - Photographic or Cinematographic Goods
Chapter38 - Miscellaneous Chemical Products
SectionVII - Plastics and Articles Thereof; Rubber and Articles Thereof
Chapter39 - Plastics and Articles Thereof
Chapter40 - Rubber and Articles Thereof
SectionVIII - Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles Thereof; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other Than Silk-worm Gut)
Chapter41 - Raw Hides and Skins (Other Than Furskins) and Leather
Chapter42 - Articles of Leather; Saddlery and Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (Other Than Silkworm Gut)
Chapter43 - Furskins and Artificial Fur; Manufactures Thereof
SectionIX - Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal; Cork and Articles of Cork; Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork
Chapter44 - Wood and Articles of Wood, Wood Charcoal
Chapter45 - Cork and Articles of Cork
Chapter46 - Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork
SectionX - Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles Thereof
Chapter47 - Pulp of Wood or of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Recovered (Waste and Scrap) Paper or Paperboard
Chapter48 - Paper and Paperboard; Articles of Paper Pulp of Paper or of Paperboard
Chapter49 - Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and Other Products of the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans
SectionXI - Textiles and Textiles Articles
Chapter50 - Silk
Chapter51 - Wool, Fine or Coarse Animal Hair; Horsehair Yarn and Woven Fabric
Chapter52 - Cotton
Chapter53 - Other Vegetable Textile Fibres; Paper Yarn and Woven Fabrics of Paper Yarn
Chapter54 - Man-made Filaments
Chapter55 - Man-made Staple Fibres
Chapter56 - Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables and Articles Thereof
Chapter57 - Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings
Chapter58 - Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery
Chapter59 - Impregnated, Coated, Covered or Laminated Textile Fabrics; Textile Articles of a Kind Suitable for Industrial Use
Chapter60 - Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics
Chapter61 - Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Knitted or Crocheted
Chapter62 - Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Not Knitted or Crocheted
Chapter63 - Other Made Up Textile Articles; Sets; Worn Clothing and Worn Textile Articles; Rags
SectionXII - Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sunumbrellas, Walking-sticks, Seat-sticks, Whips, Riding-cropsand Parts Thereof; Prepared Feathers and Articles Made Therewith; Artificial Flowers, Articles of Human Hair
Chapter64 - Footwear, Gaiters and the Like; Parts of Such Articles
Chapter65 - Headgear and Parts Thereof
Chapter66 - Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, Seat-sticks, Whips, Riding-crops and Parts Thereof
Chapter67 - Prepared Feathers and Down and Articles Made of Feathers or of Down; Artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair
SectionXIII - Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware
Chapter68 - Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos Mica or Similar Materials
Chapter69 - Ceramic Products
Chapter70 - Glass and Glassware
SectionXIV - Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin
Chapter71 - Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin
SectionXV - Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal
Chapter72 - Iron and Steel
Chapter73 - Articles of Iron or Steel
Chapter74 - Copper and Articles Thereof
Chapter75 - Nickel and Articles Thereof
Chapter76 - Aluminium and Articles Thereof
Chapter77 - [Reserved for Possible Future Use]
Chapter78 - Lead and Articles Thereof
Chapter79 - Zine and Articles Thereof
Chapter80 - Tin and Articles Thereof
Chapter81 - Other Base Metals; Cermets; Articles Thereof
Chapter82 - Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal
Chapter83 - Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metal
SectionXVI - Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers; and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
Chapter84 - Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Parts Thereof
Chapter85 - Electrical Machinery and Equipment and Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
SectionXVII - Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment
Chapter86 - Railway or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-stock and Parts Thereof; Railway or Tramway Track ?xtures and ?ttings and Parts Thereof; Mechanical (Including Electro-mechanical) Traf?c Signalling Equipment of All Kinds
Chapter87 - Vehicles Other Than Railway or Tramway Rolling-stock, and Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter88 - Aircraft, Spacecraft, and Parts Thereof
Chapter89 - Ships, Boats and Floating Structures
SectionXVIII` - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter90 - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter91 - Clocks and Watches and Parts Thereof
Chapter92 - Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories of Such Articles
Chapter93 - Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter94 - Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and Similar Stuffed Furnishing; Lamps and Lighting fittings, Not Elsewhere Specified or Included; Illuminated Signs, Illuminated Name-plates and the Like; Prefabricated Building
Chapter95 - Toys, Games and Sports Requisites; Parts and Accessories Thereof
Chapter96 - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
Chapter97 - Works of Art, Collectors Pieces and Antiques (Blank)
Chapter98 - Blank
Section - Amending Act-2
ScheduleI - First Schedule
ScheduleII - Second Schedule

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