 the salt cess (amendment) bill, 1961las introdtjcbd in loic sabha on 16th march, i¢i) -  the salt cess (amendment) bill, 19€)1 (as introduced in lok sada) a billfurther to amend the salt cess act, 1953 bb it enacted by parliament in the twelfth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 this act may be called the salt cess (amendment) act, 1961 shon tide 49 of 1953 2 in section 2 of the salt cess act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to amendment s as the principal act) ,- i of lection 2 (i) in clause (c), the words "and a 'private salt factory' is one not solely owned or not solely worked by the central government;" shall be omitted; (ii) clause (d) shall be omitted  - 10 3 for section 3 of the principal act, the following section shall substitution be substituted, namely:-:::: for is section 3 "3 there shall be levied and collected in such manner as levy and may be prescribed, a cess in the nature of an excise duty at <fcction the rate of fourteen naye paise per forty kilograms on all salt ~t:="' on manufactured in india in any salt factory, whether owned by government or nol" ! " in section 6 of the principal act, after sub-section (2), the amendment following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-of hction 6 - u (3) every rule made by the central govermnent under this aection shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of parliament while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following both houses agree in making any modification in the s rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule" 10  statement of objects and reasonssection 3 ef the salt cess/act,1953, lays down that cess shall be levied oil salt at two annas per standard maund if manufactured in a private salt factory and at three and a half annas'per standard maund if manufactured in a ,salt factory solely owned or solely worked by the central government with the transfer of mast of the government salt works to the company form of management, the government salt works find, it duileult ,to compete on equal terms with private manufacturers of salt, who are in an advantageous ,position in' that tlley pay 'eess at 'less '1i8tes in· order, there-'fore, to provide "for levy gf cess at ' a uniform 'rate  oil both private and government produetion it is proposed -toamead metion 3 of the act ''!'his opportunity is also proposed to,be lltilued -for laying down by legislation 'the'rate of ' cess in ~termsof,mtric,aeasures new delhi; 'manubhai shah ,the 25th feb1:uary, '1961,' - - - - - z in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- - - - (c) 'salt factory' includes-(i) a place used or intended to be used in the manufacture of salt and all embankments, reservoirs, condensing and evaporating pans, buildings, and waste places situated within the limits of such place, as defined from time to time for the purposes of the central excises and salt act, 1944: i of i 944-(ii) all drying grounds and storage platforms and storehouses appertaining to any such place; (iii) land on which salt is spontaneously produced; and a 'private salt factory' is one not solely owned or not solely worked by the central government: (d) 'standard maund' means a maund of 822/7 pounds avoirdupois; - - - 3 there shall be levied and collected in such manner as may be levy and prescribed a cess in the nature of an excise duty on all salt manu- ~ectiod famured in india- ~ on (4) in the case of salt manufactured in a private salt factory, at the rate of two annas per standard maund; (b) in the case of salt manufactured in a salt factory solely owned or solely worked by the central government, at the rate of three and a half annas per standard maund - - -  a bill further to amend the salt cess act, 1953·the president has, in pursuance of clause (i) of article 117 of the constitution of india, recommended to lok sabha the introduction of the bill mn kaul, seqeujry (8hri mtmubluji siujij, minister 0/ industry) 