Section 4 — Rate of Cess

Meghalaya Minerals Cess Act, Act No. 7 of 1988 (Act No. 7 of 1988) · Free to read

(1) The rate of the cess to be levied and collected under section 3 shall be, in the case of-

(a) coal, rapees, ten per matric tonne;

(b) sillimanite, rupees ten per matric tonne;

(c) limestone, rupees two and paise eighty per matric tonne; and

(d) fire clay, rupees one and paise twenty-five per matric tonne.

(2) The rate of cess fixed under sub-section (1) may from time to time be revised by Government by notification in the official Gazette.