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No.F.2(1)/2000-Pub.
Islamabad the 9th August, 2000.
The following
ordinance made by the presidentIs
hereby published for general information.
ORDINANCE NO.XXXIV
OF 2000
AN
ORDINANCE
Further to amend
the Central Excises Act, 1944.
WHEREAS it expedient
further to amend the Central Excises
Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), for the purpose
hereinafter appearing;
AND WHEREAS the
National Assembly and the Senate stand
suspended in pursuance of the Proclamation
of Emergency of the fourteenth day
of October, 1999, and the Provisional
Constitution Order No.1 of 1999;
AND WHEREAS the
President is satisfied that circumstances
exist which render it necessary to
take immediate action;
NOW, THEREFORE,
in pursuance of the Proclamation of
Emergency of the fourteenth day of
October, 1999, and the Provisional
Constitution Order No.1 of 1999, as
well as Order No.9 of 1999, and in
exercise of all powers enabling him
in that behalf, the President of the
Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased
to make and promulgate the following
Ordinance:-
1. Short title and
commencement:- (1) This Ordinance
may be called the Central Excises
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2000.
(2) It shall come
into force at once and shall be deemed
to have taken effect on and from the
1st day of July, 2000.
2. Amendment of
section 3.Act 1 of 1944:- In the Central
Excises Act, 1944 (1 of 1944), in
section 3, in sub-section (1), in
the second proviso, for the full stop
at the end, a colon shall be substituted
and after the proviso, amended as
aforesaid, the following new proviso
shall be added, namely:-
“Provided
further that notwithstanding anything
contained in this Act, in respect
of excisable services which the Federal
Government may, by notification in
the official Gazette, specify, the
duty shall be levied and collected
as if it were a tax payable under
section 3 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990,
and all the provisions of that Act
and the rules, notifications, orders
and instructions made or issued hereunder
shall, as far as may be and with necessary
modifications, apply.”
Sd/-
MUHAMMAD
RAFIQ TARAR,
President.
Sd/-
Mr Justice
Faqir
Muhammd Khokhar
Secretary.
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