TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,
SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
                                GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
                                MINISTRY OF FINANCE
                             (DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE)

                                          Notification
                                  No. 18 /2014-Central Excise

                                                               New Delhi, the 11th July, 2014

     G.S.R.     (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 5A of
  the Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944) (hereinafter referred to as the Central Excise Act),
  the Central Government being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do,
  hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of
  India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.23/2003-Central Excise,
  dated the 31stMarch, 2003 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number
  G.S.R.266 (E), dated the 31stMarch, 2003, namely:-






     In the said notification, in the TABLE, after serial number 1 and entries relating thereto,
  the following serial numbers and the entries shall be inserted, namely:-

    (1)      (2)      (3)                                (4)                             (5)
   "1A.    Any       All       Duty of excise leviable thereon as is equivalent to        -
           chapter   goods     the education cess leviable on such goods under
                               section 94 of the Finance (No.2) Act, 2004 (23 of
                               2004), read with the proviso to sub-section (1) of
                               section (3) of the said Central Excise Act.
   1B.     Any       All       Duty of excise leviable thereon as is equivalent to       -".
           chapter   goods     the Secondary and Higher Education cess leviable
                               on such goods under section 139 of the Finance Act,
                               2007 (22 of 2007) read with the proviso to sub-
                               section (1) of section (3) of the said Central Excise
                               Act .

                                                                   [F.No.334/15/2014 ­TRU]



                                                                              (Akshay Joshi)
                                                  Under Secretary to the Government of India






    Note: - The principal notification No.23/2003-Central Excise, dated the 31stMarch, 2003
    was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,Part II, section 3, sub-section (i),
    vide number G.S.R. 266(E), dated the 31stMarch, 2003 and last amended by notification
    No. 5/2012-Central Excise , dated the 17th March, 2012 published in the Gazette of
India, Extraordinary, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 156(E),
dated the 17th March, 2012.