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    "content": "14. The First Schedule to the Excise Duty Act, 2015 is amended - (a) in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 by- (i) deleting the expression “10%” appearing in the description “Beer, Cider, Perry, Mead, Opaque beer and mixtures of fermented beverages with non- alcoholic and spirituous beverages of alcoholic strength not exceeding 10%” and substituting therefor the expression “6%”; (ii) by deleting the expression “10%” appearing in the second column against the description “Spirits of undenatured ethyl alcohol; spirits beverages of alcoholic strength exceeding 10%” and substituting therefor the expression “8%”; (b) by deleting Paragraph 5 in Part 1. There are two parts here and both aim at enhancing collection of revenue. There was a proposal to reduce the content of alcohol from the current 10% to 8%. Therefore, we are proposing to lower it to 6%, so that we can collect more, but at the same time ensure that the market is operating normally. In Part (b), we are proposing to delete Paragraph 5, and I actually want to move a further amendment on that. This is because there is an error. Instead of referring to Part 2, it is referring The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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