-" to the beedi orker3 1,-!elf:jill cess (u~d·1el';t) bill, 1,11 (to be/~s introduced in 10k sabha) 1 ~ page 3, line '5,-1qr "of 197f,li nlad "197'" 2 page 3, line 21,-uu: "then" i:itad "than" 3· page 4, line 1, -!qz: "fin  ln ce" ~ "fina,nci,,\l" new delhi; september 1q, 19'1 __ bhadra 19, 1<)03 (3ak a) '  bill no 118 of 1981 the beedi workers welfare cess (amendment) bill, 1981 a billto amend the beedi wotkers welfare cess act, 1976 be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-second year of the republic of india as follows:-l (1) this act may be called the beedi workers welfare cess (amendment) ad, 1981 short: title and commenlcement 5 (2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 56 of 1976 2 in the beedi workers welfare cess act, 1976 (hereinafter referred amend to as the principal act), in the long title, for the words "tobacco issued ment of for the manufacture of beedi" the words "manufactured beedis" shall be long title 10 substituted 3 in section 2 of the principal '11ct, after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-amendment cjf section 2  1 of 1944  (c) words and expressions used but not defined in this act and rlefined in the central excises and salt act, 1944, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to th~ in that act"  finance memorandumexisting section 3 of the beedi workers welfare cess act, 1976 which provides for the levy of a duty of exci~e by way of cess on tobacco issued for manufacture of beedis, is proposed to be substituted by clause 4 of the bill by a new section providing for levy of a duty of excise by way of cess on manufactured beedis this cess on manufactureti beedis will have to be collected from all over india by the central excise department which will have to be suitably augmented for the purpose a collection charge of one per cent is proposed to be paid to the central excise department for the present the rate of cess is proposed to be fixed at the minimum ie ten paise per thousand manufactured beedis and on this basis, tqe estimated total collection of cess per year is likely to be between rs 25 crores and rs 300 crores and the collection charges that would be payable will be between rs 25 lakhs and rs 300 lakhs the provisions of the bill do not involve any other expenditure, whether of a recurring or non-recurring nature 2 it may incidentally be mentioned that section 3 of the beedi workers welfare fund act, 1976 envisages that the proceeds of the aforementioned cess shall, after rteducting the cost of collection and after due appropriation made by parliament by law in that behalf, be credited to the beeni workers welfare fund under lhat act the 'beedi workers welfare fund act is complimentary to the beem workers welfare cess act and the machinery under the beedi workers welfare funli act is, as provided in section 8 of that act, to be utilised for the purposes of the beedi workers welfare cess act also  annexure extracts from the beedi workers welfare cess act, 1976 (56 of 1976)an act to provide for the levy and collection, by way of cess, a duty of excise on tobacco issued for the manufacture of beedi - - - - - definitions 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- - - - - levy and couection of cess on tobacco issued for manufacture of beedi 3 (1) with effect from such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint, there shall be levieo and collected by way of cess for the purposes of the beedi workers welfare fund act, 1976, on so much of the tobacco as is issued to any person from a warehouse for any purpose in connection with the manufacture of beedi, a duty of excise at such rate not exceeding one rupee per kilogram on such tobacco as the central government may, from time to time, fix by notification in the official gazette explanation-in  this sub-section, "warehouse" means any place or premises appointed or licensed under rule 140 of the central excise rules, 1944, made under the central excises and salt act, 1944 (2) the outy of excise levied under sub-section (1) shall be in addition to any cess or duty leviable on tobacco under any other law for the time being in force - - - - - 7 (1) - - - - - power to make -rule • (2) in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for-(4) the assessment and collection of the duty of excise levied uil'der section 3; - - - - - -  billto amend the beedi workers welfare cess' act, 1976 ~ (shri narayan datt tiwari, mi7la8ter of ind"!lstry and labour) 