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Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Annex E c EXCISE (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2016 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO AMEND THE EXCISE ACT Enacted by the Parliament of The Bahamas 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016. 2. [424] 2016/2017 DRAFT ESTIMATES OF REVENUE & EXPENDITURE Amends the Schedule to No. 24 of 2013. The Schedule to the Excise Act is amended — (a) by deleting the words “5%” appearing in the column “Rate of Tax” corresponding to Tariff Code Headings/Subheadings “3303.0010”; “3303.0020”; “3303.0090”; and substituting therefor the word “Free”; (b) by deleting the words “7%” appearing in the column “Rate of Tax” corresponding to Tariff Code Headings/Subheadings “6110.1110”; “6110.1210”, “6110.1910”; “6911.1000”; “6911.9000”; “6913.1000”; “7013.2200”; “7013.2810”; “7013.3300”; “7013.3710”; “7013.4100”; “7013.4920”; “7013.9100”; “7013.9910”; “7018.9010”; and substituting therefor the words “5%”; (c) by inserting, immediately after Tariff Code Heading/Subheading “989G.0000”, the following — Page - 2