ACT NO. 38 OF 1960

[20th September, 1960.]

An Act further to amend certain laws relating to duties of excise for the purpose of introducing metric

units in such laws.

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eleventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:―

Short title and commencement.―(1) This Act may be called the Central Excises (Conversion

to Metric Units) Act, 1960.

(2) It shall come into force on such date1

as the Central Government may, by notification in the

official Gazette, appoint.

[Sections 2 to 8.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1964 (52 of 1964), s. 2 and the First

Schedule (w.e.f. 29-12-1964).

Savings.―Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity of any

notification, rule or order issued under any of the enactments amended thereby and in force

immediately before the commencement of this Act merely by reason of the fact that the rate of any

duty of excise specified therein has been expressed in terms of annas, pice or pies or with reference to

any weight or measure other than a standard mass or measure under the Standards of Weights and

Measures Act, 1956 (89 of 1956); and every such notification, rule or order shall, until altered,

repealed or amended by the Central Government or other competent authority, continue to have effect

as if this Act had not been passed.

[THE FIRST SCHEDULE.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1964 (52 of 1964), s. 2 and

the First Schedule (w.e.f. 29-12-1964).

[THE SECOND SCHEDULE.] Rep. by s. 2 and the First Schedule, ibid. (w.e.f. 29-12-1964).